/internal/media/dispatcher/951645/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGuan Yu Passes Five Barriers (Kan'u gokan o yaburu no zu), from the series The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi)1853 (Kaei 6), 5th monthUtagawa KuniyoshiTsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)Vertical ôban diptych; about 38.1 × 50.8 cm (15 × 20 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.28810-10Diptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): *11.28810 (left), *11.28811 (right)
MFA impressions: *11.28810-1 (R and C sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.38166a-c (complete triptych)Prints51900610