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Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese
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This triptych describes a battle that took place in China in 208 and was widely known in Japan through literary retellings. At the top of the bridge is the general Zhang Fei, who bravely impedes the opposing force’s passage with a large spear.
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歌川国芳画 「三国志長坂橋の圖」
Title: Changban Bridge, from Records of the Three Kingdoms
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1852
Culture: Japan
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 13 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (35.4 × 25.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harold de Raasloff, 1918
Accession Number: JP1115.4a–c
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