Accession number: 1957. 215. 1-3
display artist: yashima gakutei
display title: number one: liu bei; number two: guan yu; number three: zhang fei
translation(s): sono ichi ryu bi; sono ni kan u; sono san cho hi
series title: three heroes of the shu
suite name: shoku sanketsu
creation date: 1823-1825
medium: woodblock
height: 25 1/2 in. Width: 7 3/16 in. Display dimensions: 25 1/2 in. X 7 3/16 in. (64. 77 cm x 18. 26 cm)
credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett
label copy: "three celebrated chinese generals of the han dynasty (206 bce220 ce) take a blood oath in a peach orchard to defend their emperor against a warlord userper. Their story was retold in a fourteenth-century novel, romance of the three kingdoms, which became popular in japan. This exquisitely detailed triptych is a special type of privately comissioned gift print called surimono. The embossing, metallic pigments, and high-quality paper indicate that these were costly productions. "
collection: <a href="http://www. Sdmart. Org/art/our-collection/asian-art" rel="nofollow">the san diego museum of art</a>.
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