KITAGAWA UTAMARO: dai oban yoko-e (35.6 x 43.4 cm.); a game of neck-pull (kubippiki) between the ozeki Tanikaze and Kintaro observed by the three great beauties Okita of the Naniwaya, Toyohina of the Tomamotoya and Ohisa of the Takashimaya, Tanikaze seated holding a fan inscribed with the house Takashima and Kintoki holding a fan inscribed with the name of the house Naniwa, signed Utamaro ga and published by Yamaden- fine impression, color faded, center fold, faint rubbing and soil, otherwise good condition