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  • Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'

Print

ca 1849 – 1853
10.125 in x 14.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Kōchōrō Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Publisher: Publisher: Hayashiya Shōgorō
(Marks 106 - similar to seal 22-049)
Carver: Hori Take (彫竹)
Censor seals: Hama and Magome
Waseda University According to Kunisada.de Unryū used this name from 1850-65. He wrestled in the Makauuchi (幕内) league, the most prestigious group, from 1852.
sumō (相撲) (genre)
Yokokawa Takejirō (横川彫武) (carver)
Hayashiya Shōgorō (林屋庄五郎) (publisher)