The Sumo Wrestler Shirataki Saijirō
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 14 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (37.6 × 25 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
Shirataki Saijirō was 14 when this portrait was created, and he was already five-feet-nine and 190 pounds. His career as a sumo wrestler in Edo was very brief—he only appeared in one tournament, in1813, where he lost all bouts. This near-pristine print must have been produced shortly thereafter.