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Follow the rider in green from the lower left up the path to the gate, then look into the open room where the woman sits.
The Tale of the Heike tells of the war between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late 1100s. In one episode the emperor sends Minamoto no Nakakuni to find Lady Kogō, and here he rides up a path to a thatched house where a woman plays the koto. Japanese hanging scrolls often came in sets of three, with a figure scene in the middle; in this set the center lies between a spring day and an autumn night.
One of a triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk · Painting only: 95 x 41 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
- Artist
- Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643–1682)
- Date
- late 1600s
- Medium
- One of a triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 95 x 41 cm (37 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 180 x 59.4 cm (70 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1643–1682
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.