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Print, The Sumo Wrestler, Koyanagi Tsunekichi

This is a Print. It was print maker: Utagawa Kunisada and published by Joshuya Kinzo. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is colored woodcut in yellow, blue, red, and black ink on mulberry paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Museum Picture Library.

Its dimensions are

37.5 × 25.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Descriptive characters in boxes, upper right and lower left. Publisher's monogram, lower left: [two intersecting chevron shapes, above a Japanese character].

Cite this object as

Print, The Sumo Wrestler, Koyanagi Tsunekichi; Print Maker: Utagawa Kunisada; Published by Joshuya Kinzo; Japan; colored woodcut in yellow, blue, red, and black ink on mulberry paper; 37.5 × 25.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.); 1957-148-65

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