| | Stockno.: | 20-273-9 | Artist: | Utagawa Sadahiro 歌川貞廣 (active 1830-1851, possibly the same artist as Hirosada) | Description: | A highly unusual dai ōban print designed on the occasion of the wrestler Shiranui Dakuemon becoming the 8th Yokozuna, in Nov. 1840.
The format, a double ōban sheet is almost never seen. There is a handstamped publisher's seal, reading hanmoto 'man', with a stylized sumo referee fan in the top section. The kiwame shaped seal, also handstamped is unknown.
This may be an Osaka print which was given a publishers mark and a censorship seal for sale in Edo. | Signed: | Gorakutei Sadahiro ga. | Size: | Dai ōban 50.8 x 37.1 cm | Condition: | Very good impression and colour. Some unobtrusive wrinkles and foldmarks, minimal soiling. | Price: | Euro 2450 | Reference: | | | | |
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