Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 92342

Surimono of a sumo wrestler in a typical stance

Print by Utagawa Kuniyasu, 歌川国安 (Utagawa KUNIYASU) (1830)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kuniyasu歌川国安
Date / 年代
1830
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1380 × 1572 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

A surimono of a sumo wrestler in a typical stance. The calligraphy above, being gold on a dark blue ground and which might be a guide to the wrestler, is too obscure to read. Although sumo is a rare subject for surimono, there are another two illustrated examples showing a very similar composition and pose. See: The Kunisada, no.100, p.147, Jewels Of Japanese Printmaking: Surimono Of The Bunka-Bunsei Era 1804-1830, Joan Mirviss, Ota Memorial Museum Of Art, 2000; and the ( attrib. to ) Shuntei, p.75, Surimono, Helena Markus, Firenze 1983. Published c late 1820s. Fine impression with gold and silver. Mica added to the dark blue ground. Good colour and condition. Signed Kuniyasu ga. Status: So…

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