平家物語図屏風, 'Kogō' and 'The Imperial Procession to Ōhara', from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), Edo period (1615–1868), early 17th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper, Image (each): 60 7/8 in. × 11 ft. 9 7/8 in. (154.7 × 360.4 cm), Screens, These screens depict two iconic scenes from The Tale of the Heike, a fourteenth-century account of late twelfth-century clashes between rival clans the Taira and the Minamoto. The right screen represents the story’s “Kogō” chapter, which centers on Lady Kogō, a renowned beauty and accomplished koto player who finds herself banished after being caught in a love triangle involving Emperor Takakura and the leader of the Taira clan
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