KUNIAKI, Ipposai (1835-88) - Sumo wrestling frogs

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Artist:KUNIAKI, Ipposai (1835-88)

Title:Sumo wrestling frogs

Date:c. 1870s-90s

Medium:sumi (black ink) on paper.

Size/Format:4 x 9 inches

Description:The brush drawing depicts two frogs engaged in a match of sumo wrestling, while a third acts as the referee holding the referee's fan in his right hand. Kuniaki was a pupil of Utagawa KUNISADA and excelled in the field of actor and sumo wrestler prints.

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KUNIAKI, Ipposai (1835-88) - Sumo wrestling frogs

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