Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon)

Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon)

「阿州大鳴門灘左衛門」

Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.6 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.890

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAn impression of this print appears in the background of Edouard Manet's 1867-68 "Portrait of Emile Zola."

Signed Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申壬三改
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)