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Sumô Wrestlers Practicing


相撲の稽古
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
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
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.
Signed Ippôsai Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
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
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)