KATSUKAWA SHUNKO: oban tate-e (37.6 x 24.8cm.); the wrestling bout between the komusubi of the Eastern Group Uzugafuchi Kan'dayu and the maegashira of the Western Group Sekinoto Hachiroji, refereed by Kimura Shonosuke, signed Shunko ga and published by Toshimaya Bunjiemon--very good impression, slightly faded and soiled around the edges

Details

KATSUKAWA SHUNKO: oban tate-e (37.6 x 24.8cm.); the wrestling bout between the komusubi of the Eastern Group Uzugafuchi Kan'dayu and the maegashira of the Western Group Sekinoto Hachiroji, refereed by Kimura Shonosuke, signed Shunko ga and published by Toshimaya Bunjiemon--very good impression, slightly faded and soiled around the edges

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, pl. 8

For another impression of this print see Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections, Vol. 6, Musee Guimet I (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1987), pl. 127 where the catalogue entry stages that the print is believed to date from 1785-6, when Shunko began to design wrestler prints, but that Uzagafuchi was no longer komusubi at that time. The inscription may refer to his rank in another, minor, tournament.