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Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō

源仲国訪小督局図

late 1600s

Kiyohara Yukinobu 清原 雪信

(Japanese, 1643–1682)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Overall: 180 x 59.4 cm (70 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee 1992.77
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The Tale of the Heike chronicles the conflict between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) families in the late 12th century.

Description

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.
A triptych of hanging scrolls in muted brown tones depicts a panoramic landscape shrouded in mist. In the center, a man in a green robe on a light-colored horse approaches a woman within a thatched-roof pavilion. To our left, a pale moon hangs over undulating mountains and tall grasses. On our right, a winding river flows toward fog-shrouded peaks. Inscriptions and seals appear in the lower corners of each scroll.

Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō

late 1600s

Kiyohara Yukinobu

(Japanese, 1643–1682)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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