KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO: bai-oban yoko-e (38.8 x 51.5 cm.); Onogawa Kisaburo and Tanikaze Kajinosuke with the referee Kimura Shonosuke, performing the shikiri, first edition of the print, ground yellow, floor of ring grey, signed Shunsho ga and published by Matsumura Yahei- very good impression, vertical folds, horizontal creases overall, small tears restored, surface rubbing, small stains and soil

Details

KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO: bai-oban yoko-e (38.8 x 51.5 cm.); Onogawa Kisaburo and Tanikaze Kajinosuke with the referee Kimura Shonosuke, performing the shikiri, first edition of the print, ground yellow, floor of ring grey, signed Shunsho ga and published by Matsumura Yahei- very good impression, vertical folds, horizontal creases overall, small tears restored, surface rubbing, small stains and soil

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 15 April, 1987, lot 26

Lot Essay

For another impression of this rare print see Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, pl. 9

Onogawa Kisaburo held the rank of yokozuna (grand champion) between 1789 and 1797 and Tanikaze Kajinosuke held the rank of yokozuna between 1789 and 1794. Onogawa retired from sumo at the age of 39. Tanikaze died of influenza in Kansei 7 (1795), aged 44.