
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. Goshun’s painting follows the example of Buson’s Evening Banquet at the Peach and Pear Blossom Garden, inspired by an 8th-century Li Bai poem.