Kozuka with Kanyu on a Horse

1773-1829 (late Edo) 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

The mounted figure is the 2nd-century Chinese general Kanyu (Ch. Guan Yu [Kuan Yu]). Stories of his activities during the Three Kingdoms period are told in the 14th-century novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." He is recognizable by his long black beard. The man behind him is...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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