Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1891) | The Sumo Tournament at Shimei Shrine (Shinmei sumo toso no zu) | Meiji period, late 19th century
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1891)
The Sumo Tournament at Shimei Shrine (Shinmei sumo toso no zu)
Meiji period, late 19th century
woodblock print, diptych, from the series New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures (Shinsen azuma nishiki-e), the right sheet signed Yoshitoshi and sealed Taiso, published by Tsunashima Kamekichi in 1886
Vertical oban diptych: each sheet approx. 37.1 x 25.5 cm., 14⅝ x 10⅛ in.
The firefighter Kotengu Heisuke and the sumo wrestler Yotsuguruma Daihachi dueling during the famous brawl between firefighters and wrestlers at the Shinmei Shrine in Shiba in 1805.
For a similar impression in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, museum number M.84.31.538, go to: