Sumo Wrestlers Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke and Koyanagi Tsunekichi, with Judge Sakaigawa Namiemon and Referee Shikimori Kiichirō

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847–52 (Kōka 4–Kaei 5)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

Date

1847–52 (Kōka 4–Kaei 5)

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

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

Size

Vertical ōban triptych;: Image (a): 14 13/16 × 10 1/8 in. (37.6 × 25.7 cm) Image (b): 14 13/16 × 10 1/8 in. (37.6 × 25.7 cm) Image (c): 14 13/16 × 10 in. (37.6 × 25.4 cm)

Type

Prints

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed