UTAGAWA KUNITERU II (1829-74), triptych, color woodblock print. Japan, 1856. 'Sakaigawa Namiemon'.
Depicting the Sumo wrestler Sakaigawa Namiemon (to the left), with other sumo wrestlers and geishas at a party. Measurement sheets merged 73x36 cm. Measurement with passepartout 90x55 cm.
Discoloration. Wear to edges.Soft handling creases. Colors possibly slightly faded. Small tears to the edge.
Exhibitions
Exhibited at the Far Eastern Museum, Stockholm. “Sumo, Ritual and Art” - Japanese woodblock prints from the Göran Flyxes Collection; 29/10 2016-29/1 2017, Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Spring 1997, Grafiska Galleriet, Stockholm 1 – 19/12 1973, Krognoshuset, Lund 14-30/1 1974, Norrköping Museum, Norrköping 9/6-28/7 1974, Kalmar Museum, Kalmar nov 1974, Sweden Center Bldg, Tokyo 31/5-1/6 1975, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg 9/12-23/1 1978, Galleri Asthley, Skinnskatteberg 5/6-18/7 1993, Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm 24/12 1993-14/3 1994.
Literature
Depicted in "Edo Sumo Nishiki", 1986, p.138.