TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, UTAGAWA KUNITERU II, OGATA GEKKO AND HIRASAWA KUNIAKI II: oban tate-e; a group of prints, including Shimmei sumo toso no zu "The battle of the wrestlers and firemen at Shimmei shrine", a diptych from the series Shinsen azuma nishiki-e "A new selection of eastern color prints", signed Yoshitoshi and published by Tsunajima Kamekichi, dated Meiji 19 (1886), a triptych of an interior wrestling match with wrestlers observing from seats, signed Ichiyusai Kuniteru ga and Oju (by order) Yosai Kuniteru, a single upright sheet of two wrestlers from the series Gekko zuihitsu "Gekko's pictorial essays", signed Gekko, a nagaban yoko-e, composed of an oban yoko-e sheet and a chuban sheet, scene of an outdoor match between Tsuruyama and Otatsu in a palace garden observed by the Meiji Emperor and ladies of the court, signed Hachisuka Kuniaki, and a chuban illustrating a scene from Biyu Suikoden 'The Water Margin', the first champion wrestler Akasho Shiganosuke of the 17th century grabbing Taketori by the throat, signed Yoshitoshi- generally good impressions and color, several sheets slightly creased, Kuniteru triptych slightly worn (5)

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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, UTAGAWA KUNITERU II, OGATA GEKKO AND HIRASAWA KUNIAKI II: oban tate-e; a group of prints, including Shimmei sumo toso no zu "The battle of the wrestlers and firemen at Shimmei shrine", a diptych from the series Shinsen azuma nishiki-e "A new selection of eastern color prints", signed Yoshitoshi and published by Tsunajima Kamekichi, dated Meiji 19 (1886), a triptych of an interior wrestling match with wrestlers observing from seats, signed Ichiyusai Kuniteru ga and Oju (by order) Yosai Kuniteru, a single upright sheet of two wrestlers from the series Gekko zuihitsu "Gekko's pictorial essays", signed Gekko, a nagaban yoko-e, composed of an oban yoko-e sheet and a chuban sheet, scene of an outdoor match between Tsuruyama and Otatsu in a palace garden observed by the Meiji Emperor and ladies of the court, signed Hachisuka Kuniaki, and a chuban illustrating a scene from Biyu Suikoden 'The Water Margin', the first champion wrestler Akasho Shiganosuke of the 17th century grabbing Taketori by the throat, signed Yoshitoshi- generally good impressions and color, several sheets slightly creased, Kuniteru triptych slightly worn (5)

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Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, pl. 66, Yoshitoshi diptych; Gekko, fig. 115; Kuniaki II, pl. 63; pl. 62, Yoshitoshi chuban