Kashira with the Chinese General Kanyu (Ch. Guan Yu [Kuan Yu])
Iwamoto Konkan (Japanese, 1744-1801) (Artist)
1744-1801 (Edo)
shibuichi, gold, copper
(Japanese Military Armor)

The figure on the right is the 2nd-century Chinese general Kanyu (Ch. Guan Yu [Kuan Yu]). He is accompanied by either his chief retainer Zhou Cang [Chow Ts’ang] or his son Kwan Bin [Kwan Pin]. This is a part of a set with Walters 51.944.
Provenance

William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

guanyu Iwamoto Konkan Iwamoto school person