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Group Shot: 00.1256-7

Sumô Wrestlers Practicing

(Japanese, 1835–1888)
(Japanese)
1866 (Keiô 2), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 37.2 x 50.6 cm (14 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1256-7
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
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Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei, Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô RIkimaru, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza (R), Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (L)
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