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英雄見立三国志 「小柳」
Parody of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms (Eiyû mitate sangokushi): Sumô Wrestler Koyanagi
英雄見立三国志 「小柳」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.9 × 18 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4991.156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 08.541.2a-c (complete), 2009.4991.156 (left sheet only)
See 11.39545a-c for an earlier print of the same subject in ôban size, with different wrestlers.
MFA impressions: 08.541.2a-c (complete), 2009.4991.156 (left sheet only)
See 11.39545a-c for an earlier print of the same subject in ôban size, with different wrestlers.
Signed
Hanmoto no konomi ni makasete Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
板元好まかせて国貞改二代豊国画
板元好まかせて国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし