Image: 97-Sumo-Wrestlers-Edo-period-Utagawa-Kuniteru-1867

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Description: Illustration of Powerful Professional Sumo Wrestlers in Japan (Dainihon Ōzumō Yūriki Sekitori Kagami). This nishiki-e print contains the names, the domains they belonged to, and heights of 97 sumo wrestlers who were active from the early Edo period till the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, in addition to the portraits of 105 people. Consisting of 6 panels, this nishiki-e work enables us to understand almost everything about the famous sumo wrestlers in the Edo period. Along with the names of sumō wrestlers, the names of gods and people of myths are written in this work.
Title: 97-Sumo-Wrestlers-Edo-period-Utagawa-Kuniteru-1867
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Library https://www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/portals/0/edo/tokyo_library/english/modal/index.html?d=5359
Author: Utagawa Kuniteru II (1830-1874)
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License: Public domain
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