Katsukawa Shun'ei (ca. 1762-1819) , Katsukawa Shun'ei (ca. 1762-1819)

Katsukawa Shun'ei (ca. 1762-1819)

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Katsukawa Shun'ei (ca. 1762-1819)
Full-length portrait of the wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo and his attendant Kusunoki, signed Shun'ei ga and published by Tsuruya Kiemon--very good impression, slightly faded especially around edges, restored at edges, worm holes, small stains
oban tate-e: 38.3 x 25.4cm.

Provenance

Lawrence Bickford, sold in these Rooms, The Lawrence Bickford Collection of Japanese Wrestler Prints, 25 October, 1994, lot 60

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Lawrence Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (Tokyo: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1994), pl.18.

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