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| Keywords: Number One- Liu Bei; Number Two- Guan Yu; Number Three- Zhang Fei (5758870483).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 1957 215 1-3 <b>Display Artist </b> Yashima Gakutei <b>Display Title </b> Number One Liu Bei; Number Two Guan Yu; Number Three Zhang Fei <b>Translation s </b> Sono ichi Ryu Bi; Sono ni Kan U; Sono San Cho Hi <b>Series Title </b> Three Heroes of the Shu <b>Suite Name </b> Shoku sanketsu <b>Creation Date </b> 1823-1825 <b>Medium </b> Woodblock <b>Height </b> 25 1/2 in <b>Width </b> 7 3/16 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 25 1/2 in x 7 3/16 in 64 77 cm x 18 26 cm <b>Credit Line </b> Bequest of Mrs Cora Timken Burnett <b>Label Copy </b> 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 <b>Collection </b> <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> 2001-07-26 15 08 48 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5758870483/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked | ||||
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