KEISAI EISEN: <I>kakemono-e</I> (56.1 x 26.8 cm.); a portrait of the giant Ozora Buzaemon at the age of thirty in <I>keshomawashi</I> emblazoned with his name, and an attendant, signed <I>Oju</I> (by order) <I>Eisen ga</I> and published by Wakasaya Yoichi- good impression, slightly faded and soiled in places | Christie's

Sale 7960

The Lawrence Bickford Collection of Japanese Wrestler Prints

New York, Park Avenue

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25 October 1994

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Lot 73

KEISAI EISEN: kakemono-e (56.1 x 26.8 cm.); a portrait of the giant Ozora Buzaemon at the age of thirty in keshomawashi emblazoned with his name, and an attendant, signed Oju (by order) Eisen ga and published by Wakasaya Yoichi- good impression, slightly faded and soiled in places

Price realised

USD 3,680

Estimate

USD 1,000 - USD 1,500

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KEISAI EISEN: kakemono-e (56.1 x 26.8 cm.); a portrait of the giant Ozora Buzaemon at the age of thirty in keshomawashi emblazoned with his name, and an attendant, signed Oju (by order) Eisen ga and published by Wakasaya Yoichi- good impression, slightly faded and soiled in places
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PUBLISHED:
Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, fig. 73
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