UTAGAWA KUNISADA: oban tate-e (35.9 x 25 cm. ea. approx.); Ozumo heya no zu "Illustration of wrestlers in a dressing room", signed Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3)

Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3)" /> UTAGAWA KUNISADA: oban tate-e (35.9 x 25 cm. ea. approx.); Ozumo heya no zu "Illustration of wrestlers in a dressing room", signed Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3) | 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 88

UTAGAWA KUNISADA: oban tate-e (35.9 x 25 cm. ea. approx.); Ozumo heya no zu ''Illustration of wrestlers in a dressing room'', signed Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3)

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USD 1,495

Estimate

USD 1,000 - USD 1,500

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA: oban tate-e (35.9 x 25 cm. ea. approx.); Ozumo heya no zu "Illustration of wrestlers in a dressing room", signed Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3)
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, fig. 86

For another impression of this print see Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., Ozumo (Tokyo: Gakken, 1977), color fold-out, p. 93
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Lot 88

UTAGAWA KUNISADA: oban tate-e (35.9 x 25 cm. ea. approx.); Ozumo heya no zu ''Illustration of wrestlers in a dressing room'', signed Kochoro Kunisada ga and published by Yamamotoya Heikichi- good impression, slightly faded, trimmed, generally good condition (3)

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Conceived in a New York curio shop — G.W.V. Smith’s lifelong passion for Chinese cloisonné ware and jades

Studio visit: Sarah Sze