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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Tanikaze Kajinosuke
c. mid-1780s
(Japanese, 1726–1792)
Sheet: 37.8 x 17.6 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.209
Location: Not on view
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.- (Yamanaka & Co., sold to Edward L. Whittemore)?–1930Edward L. Whittemore [1862–1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1930–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Hollis, Howard C. “The Edward Loder Whittemore Collection of Japanese Prints.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 4 (April 1930): 64–66. www.jstor.org
- Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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