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Sumō wrestler, Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke
(鏡岩 濱之助)
(c. 1840)
- Medium
- colour woodblock
- Measurements
- 37.1 × 25.2 cm (image) 37.5 × 25.7 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Inscription
- inscribed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.l.: (Kōchōrō Kunisada ga)
inscribed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.r.: (kiwame seal) - Accession Number
- 2012.2
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2012
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Level 1, NGV International
- About this work
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During Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke’s wrestling career, spanning March 1830 to January 1856, he reached the second-highest rank of Ozeki. We can find him in the adjoining tournament print as the largest central figure in the sumo ring. Sumo archives note his weight as 139 kilograms and his height as 179 centimetres, and that he was a consistent and popular wrestler.
