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Tanikaze Kajinosuke

谷風梶之輔

c. mid-1780s

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章

(Japanese, 1726–1792)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 37.8 x 17.6 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.209
Public Domain
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Location
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Print

Description

Tanikaze Kajinosuke (1750–1795) was an extraordinary champion sumo wrestler who hailed from what is now Sendai, a city in northern Japan. Even at his death from influenza at age 44, he was dominating the ring and was one of the first to be given sumo’s highest rank, yokozuna (横綱), during his lifetime. In this print, Katsukawa Shunshō showed him as he may have appeared strolling the avenue, spied by his fans.
A color woodblock print depicts a portrait of Tanikaze Kajinosuke, a stocky man with a light skin tone, standing in profile facing our left. He wears a brownish-orange striped outer robe over a long black garment and straw sandals. A sword handle extends from his waist, and his dark hair is gathered at the back. Vertical Japanese calligraphy appears to our right, and a mark sits in the bottom-left corner.

Tanikaze Kajinosuke

c. mid-1780s

Katsukawa Shunshō

(Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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