Sumo Prints (105)
Artists Known for Sumo
Poem by Ōe no Masafusa: Mukandayū Atsumori and Princess Tamaori
ca. 1845-48
Beginning of Sumoö
Woodblock print
Parade of Sumo Wrestlers
Woodblock print
Frogs Wrestling
c. 1928–1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Sumo
1957
Color woodblock print
Tenpōzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpōzan kodomo sumō shōran)
1863
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
Woodblock print
Sumo match
Woodblock print
Sumo umpire II
Woodblock print
Sankai Mitate Sumo
Woodblock print
Daikoku and Fukurokuju sumo wrestling
Woodblock print
#28. Fukagawahachiman
Woodblock print
#22. Ryokoku
Woodblock print
Sumo Wrestler
Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon
c. 1845
Color woodblock print
The actor Matsumoto Kinsho I as Igami no Gonta at Gontazaka, between Hodogaya and Totsuka, from the series "Tokaido"
1852
Color woodblock print; oban
Kandegawa no Yokichi
Woodblock print
Ichikawa Danjuro as Oda Harunaga, Mimasu Gennosuke as Mori no Ranmaru, Matsumoto Koshiro as Takechi Mitsuhide 市川団十郎の小田春永、三桝源之助の森の蘭丸、松本幸四郎の武智光秀
Nakamura Daikichi as Hige no Ikyu, Matsumoto Koshiro as Agemaki no Sukeroku, Seki Sanjuro as Shirozake uri Shinbei, Onoe Kikugoro as Agemaki 中村大吉の髭の意休、松本幸四郎のあげまきの助六、関三十郎の白酒売新兵衛、尾上菊五郎のあげまき
Somehow I Want to Win
1878
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Fighting Bulls in Iyo
Woodblock print
Sumo
角力
Silkscreen
Wrestling
2021
Ink and color on paper
Origin of Sumo
1909
Woodblock Print
Sumo Wrestler Asashio
Woodblock print
Sketches by Gekko: Sumo
Woodblock print
Yotsuguruma Daihachi and Kotengu Heisuke duelling during the battle between firemen and sumo wrestlers at the Shinmei shrine in Shiba in 1805
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Soga no Gorô Tokimune held back by Yoritomo's wrestler bodyguard Gosho no Gorômaru
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Ryogoku Sumo Arena
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
National Sumo Wrestling Arena
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei
1794
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Boatman Minagawa Shin'emon of Reisengasaki in Kamakura, Actually Hata Rokurozaemon Tokiyoshi (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Kamakura Reizengasaki no sendo Minagawa Shin'emon, jitsuwa Hata Rokurozaemon)
1794 (Kansei 6)
Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)
1794 (Kansei 6)
Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e
Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kusunoki Bokon and Sawamura Kijuro as Omori Hikoshichi in the Scene from a Drama (Sandaime Matsumoto Koshiro no Kusunoki Bokon to Sawamura Kijuro no Omori Hikoshichi)
1773
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo
c. 1829/32
Color woodblock print; vertical shikishiban diptych, surimono
Atsumori, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Fuwa Banzaemon in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748
1748
Hand-colored woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e, urushi-e
Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as the Wrestler Tatsugadake
1792
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Sumo Wrestler Tamagaki Gakunosuke IV
1811-14 (possibly ca. 1813)
Wood-block print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Sumo Wrestler Hiodoshi Katsugorō
1811-14 (possibly ca. 1813)
Wood-block print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozô with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwa Okita
Early 1790s
Early 1790s
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada Disguised as Honjo Soheiji (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?)
c. 1789
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition
Three Sumō Wrestlers: Onogawa, Seimiyama, and Yatsugamine
ca. 1790s
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV
color woodblock print
The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765
1765
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), and Ichikawa Komazo I as Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Nakamura Utaemon as Kumagai Jirō Naozane and Arashi Rikan as the maiden Kohagi, actually Atsumori
1835
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami (Vendetta: A Model of Loyalty and Filial Duty), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Fifth Day of the Sixth Month, 1770
c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no Onna-zumo (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Sixth Month, 1770 (?)
c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Chunagon Yukihira (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a Deer, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the play "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1802
1802
Color woodblock print
The Actors Otani Hiroji II as Kawazu Saburo and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Matano Goro in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755
1755
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
Sumo wrestler Tanikaze
c.1781
Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"
ca. 1794
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
The actor Matsumoto Kinsho I as Igami no Gonta at Gontazaka, between Hodogaya and Totsuka, from the series "Tokaido"
1852
Color woodblock print; oban
Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Wet-Nurse Iohata and Matsumoto Kojiro as Mokuemon, in “Tokubei of India: Tales of Strange Lands” (Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi)
c. 1804
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life
c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793
c. 1793
Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban diptych (right: 1928.1029)
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Hanga currently catalogues 105 prints tagged with sumo, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.