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| Keywords: The Chinese General Guan Yu Sitting at a Small Table (5759421504).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 1957 70 <b>Display Artist </b> Nishimura Shigenaga <b>Display Title </b> The Chinese General Guan Yu Sitting at a Small Table <b>Creation Date </b> 1740-1750 <b>Medium </b> Woodblock <b>Height </b> 25 7/16 in <b>Width </b> 6 1/8 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 25 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in 64 61 cm x 15 56 cm <b>Credit Line </b> Bequest of Mrs Cora Timken Burnett <b>Label Copy </b> Japanese audiences admired Guan Yu a hero of Chinas ancient past for his loyalty and superhuman strength He is said to have been so tough that he was able to continue playing the game of go while having a poisoned arrow removed from his back As an example of the Japanese penchant for clever or amusing substitutions the artist Shigenaga has placed a book on the low table in place of the game Another artist took the parody one step further by substituting a fashionably dressed woman for Guan Yu himself In both prints his grim-looking attendant holds his Green Dragon Crescent Blade <b>Collection </b> <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> 2007-05-09 16 13 18 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5759421504/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked | ||||
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