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Katsukawa Shunkô (1743-1812)
The Sumo Wrestlers Kashiiuado,
Edogasaki, and Tanikaze
1787
Color woodblock print
1
Approx. 38 x 26 (15 x ID U)
Tokyo National Museum

• When Katsukawa Shunshó stopped
producing sumo prints in the late
17805, his pupil Katsukawa Shunko
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emerged as the leading designer in
the field. Shunkô continued to create
portraits of wrestlers in formal poses
and scenes of matches in the style
of his teacher. One of his own innova-
tions, however, was the depiction of
sumo wrestlers in street clothes. Here
the massive Tanikaze towers over his
companions Kashiwado, on the right,
and Edogasaki, in the center. Edo-
gasaki holds a fan with the portrait of
Danjüró V, one of the most popular
actors of the day, in full makeup (see
cat. 261). JTC

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