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Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)
Lot 146

Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)

Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku)

Closed18 March 2008

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USD 12,500

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Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)
Portrait of Liu Bei (Ryubi Gentoku)
Signed Kazan and sealed Noboru
Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
36 x 12in. (91.5 x 30.5cm.)

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Liu Bei (161-223) was a powerful warlord and the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. In the 14th-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was portrayed as a virtuous and charismatic man who rose from a humble straw weaver to emperor. He was praised for loyalty and compassion, Confucian moral values. Liu Bei became a popular figure in Chinese opera and folklore.