Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō

Kiyohara Yukinobu painted “Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō” in the late 1600s. It is part of a triptych of hanging scrolls. Ink and color on silk. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The work illustrates a scene from Japanese literature. Minamoto no Nakakuni visits Lady Kogō, a legendary beauty. The scroll is from the Edo period, late 1600s.

Yukinobu was a female artist in the Kanō school, rare for her time. Her works often depicted legendary women. She lived and worked in Kyoto.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.77.2

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