Information
Date : 1853
Size : O-ban / Triptych
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Slight browning / Small holes
The piece which depicts the powerful match of the strong sumo-wrestlers. Kanjin-sumo (Solicitation sumo-match) is the event which held for scraping up the funds for the construction and the restoration of the temples.
ToyokuniⅢ (1786 – 1865), also known as Kunisada, was the most popular, prolific, and commercially successful artist of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi.