Sumô Wrestler Prints
Sumô is a Japanese style of
wrestling and
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Wrestler:
Rokusake Takahashi Iwanosuke Date: 1853 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Wrestler:
Inagawa Masanosuke Date:
1845-1846 Publisher:
Maruya Seijirô (Marusei) |
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Wrestler:
Koyanagi Tsunekichi Date: Publisher:
Maruya Seijirô (Marusei) |
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Wrestler: Nioarashi
Isogoro in professional attire (Marugame Genkai aratame
Nioarashi Isogoro) Date: 1845 Publisher:
Nishimura Yohachi |
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Wrestler:
Oniwaka Rikinosuke Date: Publisher: NOTE:
Oniwaka Rikinosuke was an extremely large child who participated in the ring
entering ceremony (dohyo-iri) in
the early 1850s. |
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Wrestler:
Oniwaka Rikinosuke in sumô attire Date: Publisher: |
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Wrestler:
Oniwaka Rikinosuke in street attire Date: Publisher:
Enami |
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Wrestler: Oniwaka
Rikinosuke at age eight with his giant hand print Date: c.
1850 Publisher:
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Wrestler:
sumô wrestler in street attire Date: Publisher: NOTE: This
ôban print may be part of a
polyptych |
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Wrestler: (Marugame Genkai aratame
Nioarashi Isogoro) Date: Publisher: Nishimura Yohachi |
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Actors:
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as sumô
wrestler Akitsushima Kuniemon (left) and actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as sumô wrestler Onigadake Dôemon (right)
in the kabuki play ‘Sekitori Nidai
no Shobuzuke’. Date: 1850 Publisher: |
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Title:
Ikezuki Geitazaemon, the big wrestler Note:
Ikezuki Geitazaemon was not a skilled sumô
wrestler, but was a giant who was brought to Edo about 1844 as a special
attraction to perform conduct a ring entering ceremony (dohyo-iri). |
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Wrestler: Ikezuki
Geitazaemon in street attire Date: 1844 Publisher: |
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Wrestler:
Ôzora Buzaemon Date: Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tobei |
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Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô |
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Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke NOTE: The
wrestlers lined up in the right and left sided prints have individualized
facial features, and there names are printed above their heads. |
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This is a later edition of
the above print. The publishers seal
(center of left edge) was removed, as was Kuniyoshi’s signature from the
right and left sided panels. Instead
of having the name of each wrestler in a separate box above his head, the
right and left sided panels now contain large yellow boxes with the names of
all the competing wrestlers. The
colors are generally harsher, and the coloration of the sky has been
simplified. |
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