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相撲の稽古
Sumô Wrestlers Practicing
相撲の稽古
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.2 x 50.6 cm (14 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1256-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (center and left sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.1256 (right), 00.1257 (left)
The title was probably on the missing right sheet of the triptych.
The title was probably on the missing right sheet of the triptych.
Signed
Ippôsai Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
一鳳斎国明画(年玉枠)
一鳳斎国明画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅三改
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)