The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi 1837 Shunbaisai Hokuei Japanese The flamboyantly garbed sumo wrestler, played by the famous Utaemon IV, is drawn from a scene of the Kabuki play The Rise of the One Thousand Ry Wrestler (Sekitori senry nobori). Yet the character was not competing in a normal sumo match, but rather one held by patrons of two rival wrestlers, each of whom hoped to raise enough money to ransom a courtesan from an Osaka brothel.. The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi. Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active 1829-1837, died 1837). Japan. 1837. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ban. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

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The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi 1837 Shunbaisai Hokuei Japanese The flamboyantly garbed sumo wrestler, played by the famous Utaemon IV, is drawn from a scene of the Kabuki play The Rise of the One Thousand Ry Wrestler (Sekitori senry nobori). Yet the character was not competing in a normal sumo match, but rather one held by patrons of two rival wrestlers, each of whom hoped to raise enough money to ransom a courtesan from an Osaka brothel.. The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi. Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active 1829-1837, died 1837). Japan. 1837. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ban. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

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