UTAGAWA KUNISADA, KATSUKAWA SHUNTEI AND KATSUKAWA SHUNWA: oban tate-e (37.5 x 25.4 cm. ea. approx.); Nihon ozumo sekitori "Senior sumo wrestlers of Japan", a triptych of numerous wrestlers identified by name cartouches, signed Kunisada nidai Toyokuni ga (second Toyokuni) and published by Kogaya Katsugoro; another triptych of wrestlers, Tozai sekitori shu Osaka mori no zu "The Eastern Group and Western Group senior wrestlers at a drinking party", signed Katsukawa Shuntei hitsu, and published by Tsutaya Kichizo; and a single sheet portrait on a blue ground in the ring of Akitsukaze Okiemon, signed Katsu Shunwa ga and published by Tsutaya Kichizo- good impressions, color faded, creased and several stains, triptychs trimmed and slightly worn (7)

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA, KATSUKAWA SHUNTEI AND KATSUKAWA SHUNWA: oban tate-e (37.5 x 25.4 cm. ea. approx.); Nihon ozumo sekitori "Senior sumo wrestlers of Japan", a triptych of numerous wrestlers identified by name cartouches, signed Kunisada nidai Toyokuni ga (second Toyokuni) and published by Kogaya Katsugoro; another triptych of wrestlers, Tozai sekitori shu Osaka mori no zu "The Eastern Group and Western Group senior wrestlers at a drinking party", signed Katsukawa Shuntei hitsu, and published by Tsutaya Kichizo; and a single sheet portrait on a blue ground in the ring of Akitsukaze Okiemon, signed Katsu Shunwa ga and published by Tsutaya Kichizo- good impressions, color faded, creased and several stains, triptychs trimmed and slightly worn (7)

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Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, pl. 49 (Kunisada)