Terms and conditions of use
Sumō wrestler, Takekuma Bun-emon
(武隈 文右ェ門)
(c. 1840)
Medium
colour woodblock
Measurements
37.1 × 25.7 cm (image) 37.8 × 25.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2012
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
During Takekuma Bun-emon’s wrestling career, spanning October 1824 to March 1845, he reached the second-highest rank of Ozeki. He is noted in sumo archives as coming from a merchant family in the Lake Biwa area. His proportions – weight 135 kilograms and height 182 centimetres – made him a very large and imposing personality in Edo-period Japan.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Inscription
inscribed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.l.: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
inscribed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) c.l.: (kiwame: seal) / (Joshuya Kinzo: publisher’s seal)
Accession Number
2012.3
Department
Asian Art
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