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Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō

Kiyohara YukinobuLinkedCulture matchlcp-976a8e0073f9

Date: late 1600s
Medium: Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 156864

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An aristocrat rides up a path to a residence where a woman plays a koto, a stringed instrument. The central composition is flanked on the right by a day-lit spring scene, and on the left by a nocturnal autumnal scene. The triptych presents an episode from The Tale of the Heike in which Minamoto no Nakakuni is sent by the emperor to look for Lady Kogō. The Tale of the Heike chronicles the conflict between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) families in the late 12th century.

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Credit line: Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee
Provenance: ?–1992: Harley Lee, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1992–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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