Tanikaze Kajinosuke
Katsukawa Shunsho · c. mid-1780s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Tanikaze Kajinosuke (1750–1795) was an extraordinary champion sumo wrestler who hailed from what is now Sendai, a city in northern Japan. Even at his death from influenza at age 44, he was dominating the ring and was one of the first to be given sumo’s highest rank, yokozuna (横綱), during his lifetime. In this print, Katsukawa Shunshō showed him as he may have appeared strolling the avenue, spied by his fans.
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- Maker
- Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)
- Date
- c. mid-1780s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.8 x 17.6 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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