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94 KATSUKAWA SHUN'EI (1762-1819) 95 KATSUKAWA SHUNKO (1743-1812)

Hamagaseki, Goshonoura and Wrestlers Uzugafuchi and
Yuzuruha Sekinoto in the ring with referee

Kimura Shonosuke
Woodblock print, signed Shun'ei ga, published
by Nishimuraya Yohachi For another impression of this print see Narazaki, Muneshige,
Woodblock print, signed Shunko ga, published
Vertical oban: 14√ x 10¿ in. (37.8 x 25.7 cm.) ed., Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections, Vol. 6, Musee
by Toshimaya Bunjiemon
Guimet I (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1987), pl. 127. According to
$6,000-8,000 Vertical oban: 14æ x 9æ in. (37.5 x 24.8 cm.) Narazaki the print is believed to date from 1785-6, when
Shunko began to design wrestler prints, but that Uzagafuchi was
$8,000-12,000 no longer komusubi (fourth highest rank) at that time.