Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643–1682)
late 1600s
Medium
Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
180 × 59.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee
Accession Number
1992.77
Tags
female
About this artwork
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.