Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Sumō wrestler Mutsugamine (六ツヶ峰 ) from the series Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu (相撲繁栄り入の図) - Nishi no kata (西ノ方z)
ca 1852
10.25 in x 14.625 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
Publisher: Hayashiya Shōgorō
(Marks 106 - similar to seal 22-049)
Censor seals: Hama and Magome
Carver: Hori Take (彫竹)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - 1854 Kunisada diptych of Mutsugamine in a wrestling match According to Horst Graebner at kunisada.de this wrestler was a member of the makuuchi league from 1850 until he retired in 1861. He used the name Mutsugamine from 1855-58, even though Graebner dates this print to ca. 1851.
Hara Shobo had listed this wrestler as being from the Sakaigawa stable and dated to ca. 1848 according to information found at ukiyo-e.org.
Hayashiya Shōgorō (林屋庄五郎) (publisher)
sumō (相撲) (genre)
Yokokawa Takejirō (横川彫武) (carver)