Korean, Lion Dancer, Sumo Wrestler (Tôjin, shishi, sumô), from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seirô niwaka onna geisha no bu)

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Korean, Lion Dancer, Sumo Wrestler (Tôjin, shishi, sumô), from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seirô niwaka onna geisha no bu)

「青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部　唐人　獅子　角力」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1793 (Kansei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 26.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6383

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #93; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #80.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 85.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #96; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #299

Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極