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The Chinese Warrior Guan Yu Seated on Horseback, Holding a Halberd

Artist/Maker (Japanese, active ca. 1750–1760s)
Date1750s
MediumWoodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
DimensionsVertical hosoban; overall: 12 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (31.4 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.177
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Forty-eight Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN ( 1954-02 - 1954-02 )
  • University of the South, Sewannee, TN ( 1954-03 - 1954-03 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
When Words Meet Pictures: East Asian Painting and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - November 15, 1994 )
Images of War: Ritual and Reality
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 1995 - October 22, 1995 )
Collections
  • Asian