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Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1800s

Matsumura Goshun 松村呉春

(Japanese, 1752–1811)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Image: 28.2 x 25.2 cm (11 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 114.3 x 44.2 cm (45 x 17 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.35
Location: not on view
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Matsumura Goshun was trained in literati art by Yosa Buson and Maruyama Okyo. Here, he depicted "Oath of the Peach Garden," a scene from the classic Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The three warriors Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei became sworn brothers in a ceremony amid peach blossom trees. Matsumura’s painting follows the example of Buson’s Evening Banquet at the Peach and Pear Blossom Garden, inspired by a 16th-century Li Bai poem.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1800s

Matsumura Goshun

(Japanese, 1752–1811)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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