Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburô

「小の川」　（小野川喜三郎）

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1790s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 24.8 cm (15 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper

Accession Number54.1517

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionKisaburô became a yokozuna in 1789 and retired in 1797.

Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)