Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Matsumura Goshun
1800–1899
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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.
