HOKUSAI: SUMO WRESTLING MATCH MANGA: Original Japanese Woodblock Print (Woodcut)

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HOKUSAI: SUMO WRESTLING MATCH MANGA: Original Japanese Woodblock Print (Woodcut):
$56.45

Genuine Antique Japanese Woodblock Print

\' Sumo match \'
Depicting the legendary match between Taima no Kehaya
and Nomi no Sukune, (considered the originator of Sumo)
who kicked and killed his opponent.

By
Katsushika Hokusai
(1760-1849)
\'The Old Man Mad About Painting\'

Edition:
\' Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga \'
From volume IX of 1819
(This edition is dated Bunsei Tsuchinoto-U)
The Bunsei Era was 1818-1829,
\'Younger Brother Earth, Horse Year\' (1819)
(Hokusai Tatsumasa Ga)
The blocks appear to be worn, so possibly a later impression

A genuine Japanese woodcut:

An actual woodblock Print
in Hokusai\'s trademark pink & grey, plus black, on traditional washi
with Manga title and plate no. in marginCondition:
As per picture
(Good for it\'s age; trimmed, on thin washi)
NB: Some deterioration commensurate with it\'s nearly 200 years of age:
thinning, staining and soiling in places, e.g. at one edge and it\'s corners.

Size approx:
9.7 x 7 inches within border, plus margins

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