Original Japanese:
中央の幅、家臣たちに見送られ橋を渡る騎馬姿の武将が関羽。愛器の青龍刀@せいりゅうとう@も見える。左右は夏冬の山水図。中国や室町時代の古画に直接学んだ栄信の力作で、落款「伊川院法印栄信筆」から法印叙任の文化13年(1816)以降、最晩年作と分かる。
AI Translation:
The central scroll depicts Guan Yu on horseback crossing a bridge as his retainers see him off. His treasured Green Dragon Crescent Blade is also visible. The flanking scrolls show summer and winter landscapes. This ambitious work by Naganobu, who studied Chinese paintings and old works from the Muromachi period firsthand, bears the signature ‘Painted by Isen’in Hōin Naganobu.’ The signature dates it to 1816 or later, after he received the rank of Hōin, and identifies it as a work from the final years of his life.