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Ch: Guan
Yu (d.219 CE). A Chinese general. A painting theme and the subject and title
of a *kabuki Ìê play.
During the Three Kingdoms period he served Liu Bei (Jp: Ryuu Bi «õ, 161-223),
the Lord of Shu å (modern Sichuan lì). After his death in battle with the
Wu à and Wei é°, he was deified as the god of war and protector of warriors.
In the epic, Record of Three Kingdoms (Ch: Sanguozhi, Jp: SANGOKUSHI
Ou), Kan U appears in the incident of the Three Heroes of the Peach
Garden (Ch: Taoyuan sanjie, Jp:Touen sanketsu O) where he, Liu Bei and
Zhang Fei (Jp: Chou Hi £ò, 166-221) take an oath to become blood brothers.
Kan U also appears in the episode where the three men brave a snowstorm
to entice the hermit Zhu Geliang (Jp: *Sho
Katsuryou º) into service. These exploits and others were illustrated
in paintings and in printed picture books such as EHON SANGOKUSHI
G{Ou (1788) and EHON TSUUGOKU SANGOKUSHI G{ÊOu (1836-41). In addition,
portraits of Kan U were painted by late Edo period artists such as
Matsumura Goshun Œºàt (1752-1811, Tokyo National Museum) and Nagasawa Rosetsu
·òåbá (1754-99; Itsukushima Jinja µ_Ð, Hiroshima prefecture), as well as by *ukiyo-e
¢G artists who parody Kan U in *mitate-e
©§G or show him as a hero of the kabuki play first KAN U,
performed in 1737 by Ichikawa Danjuurou sìc\Y. He is usually represented
with a huge red face and jet-black beard, waving his famous blue dragon
sword. See *Kabuki Juuhachiban
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