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On this print, a sumo wrestler crosses the Oigawa. The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text.

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Document identity
localId
35184
label
Tokaido gojusan tsui
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obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35184
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tokaido gojusan tsui
description
On this print, a sumo wrestler crosses the Oigawa. The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text.
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
ca. 1845-1846 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Utagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] Oju Toyokuni ga
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14891
3275
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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8c66411cedd633ef