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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861)
Kwanyu Spares Cao Cao for the Sake of Old Loyalties (Kan'u ga gishin Soso o yurusu zu), from the series Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsuzoku Sangokushi no uchi)

Woodblock print, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and with kiri seal, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1853, 4th month
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 36.9 x 25.5 cm.)
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In this design Kwanyu, mounted at the head of his troops, is interviewing Soso (Cao Cao), the celebrated Chinese general and tactician of the Han dynasty.

For another impression in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.38168a-c, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/guan-yu-spares-cao-cao-for-the-sake-of-old-loyalties-kanu-ga-gishin-s%C3%B4s%C3%B4-o-yurusu-zu-from-the-series-popular-romance-of-the-three-kingdoms-ts%C3%BBzoku-sangokushi-no-uchi-463497

For another impression in the collection of the British Museum, Museum number 2008,3037.20005, go to:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3278875&partId=1

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