The Sumo Wrestler Tamagaki Gakunosuke
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 14 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (36.4 × 24 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
An imposing, six-foot-tall competitor inside the ring, Tamagaki Gakunosuke (1768–1813) appears very relaxed here in a loosely tied robe, smoking a pipe. He changed his name several times over his career as a wrestler. This portrait was released at the time of the tournament in the second month of 1806, when he began to use the name Tamagaki Gakunosuke.
