A Japanese woodblock depiction of Guan Yu: The story of the life of Baron Kan U (Guan Yu) from the famous fourteenth-century
novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is depicted in this print
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). In this scene the wounded Baron is portrayed
as being so stoic that he can play the board game Go while the famous
Dr. Ka Da (Hua Da) operates on his arrow-wounded arm. Although obviously
fanciful, the story is portrayed in such rich detail as to possess an
air of believability. (Click on each panel for larger version.) |
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