Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu
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Seated with one arm bared, the central figure has his bone worked on by a physician while a board game sits nearby. The subjects point to the Chinese story of the general Guan Yu, who, according to the tale, was wounded by a poisoned arrow and had the poison scraped from his bone while he calmly played a game of go. Japanese artists returned to this episode often, and here the surgery and the game together make the composure of the moment the real subject. Printed in 1853 as a vertical triptych, the three sheets let the figures and the physician's tools spread across the full width of the design.
| Created / published | 1853 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.2 x 72.4 cm (whole image), 35.2 x 23.6 cm (left panel), 34.7 x 24.7 cm (center panel), 34.8 x 24.1 cm (right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 15, p. 36-37. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Nobility--Japan--1850-1860. Rulers--Japan--1850-1860. Physicians--Japan--1850-1860. Surgery--Japan--1850-1860. Board games--Japan--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,606 × 4,512 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221912 |
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