Spectators watching the sumo match preliminaries. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1853.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
Month 2, 1853
Reference:
37136i
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About this work

Description

The wrestlers gathered about the ring would all have been identifiable to contemporaries

Animated, characterful faces

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 2, 1853.

Physical description

2 prints : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Ichiyāsai Toyokuni-ga ; Toyokuni-ga ; Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Picture of subscription sumo

Creator/production credits

Kunisada would have drawn the figures, Kunitsuna would have drawn the background crowds

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37136i

Type/Technique

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