Okumura Masanobu创作的日本版画《A Servant Choryo (Yakko Choryo)》
艺术家：Okumura Masanobu
标题：A Servant Choryo (Yakko Choryo)
日期：about 1710
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来源：Worcester Art Museum
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描述：
Transformed version of the legend of Choryo (Chang Liang), a Chinese hero of the Han dynasty, who when crossing a bridge over the River I, met an old and poor looking man mounted on a mule. As they approached each other and crossed a bridge the old man (who was riding a mule) accidentally dropped one of his sandals into the river, whereupon Choryo jumped into the stream, retrieved the shoe and handed it to its owner who disclosed his identity as a famous sage Kosekiko (Huang Shi Kung). To show his great power, Choryo is usually represented standing on a dragon while in the water of the river. In this parody, a samurai youth (presumably Masanobu since there is the character Masa on his kimono) is shown riding across a bridge on a horse and a yakko (samurai's servant) sits upon a dragon in the river holding up a