UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI: oban tate-e (35.2 x 23.5 cm. ea. approx.); a triptych of the historic bout between Kawazu and Matano entitled Akazawayama ozumo, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and published by Maruya Kyushiro; and a single sheet from another triptych of two wrestlers, similarly signed- good impressions, slightly faded, triptych creased and rubbed and trimmed at edges (4)

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI: oban tate-e (35.2 x 23.5 cm. ea. approx.); a triptych of the historic bout between Kawazu and Matano entitled Akazawayama ozumo, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and published by Maruya Kyushiro; and a single sheet from another triptych of two wrestlers, similarly signed- good impressions, slightly faded, triptych creased and rubbed and trimmed at edges (4)

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PUBLISHED:
Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, fig. 108

For another impression of this print see Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections, Vol. 2, British Museum II (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1987), pl. 44