ukiyo e of sumo wrestlers

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Utagawa Yoshitaki - An Actor from the Nakamura Family - Walters 9575

Utagawa Yoshitaki - An Actor from the Nakamura Family - Walters 9575

The actor wears the costume of a sumo wrestler. The play is unidentified.

Three pleasures of Edo - A woman in a kimono sitting on the ground

Three pleasures of Edo - A woman in a kimono sitting on the ground

Three pleasures of Edo: Kabuki, Sumo, Yoshiwara

江戸ヶ崎源弥荒馬時代 - A drawing of a sumo holding a baby

江戸ヶ崎源弥荒馬時代 - A drawing of a sumo holding a baby

日本語: 江戸ヶ崎源弥 荒馬時代の肖像

NDL-DC 1303905 Utagawa Kunimori II 黒岩重太郎 crd

NDL-DC 1303905 Utagawa Kunimori II 黒岩重太郎 crd

日本語: 主に歌川一門の相撲絵の画帖English: Woodblock print of Sumō-e by Utagawa Family.

Yoshitoshi Onogawa 1865

Yoshitoshi Onogawa 1865

Sumo wrestler Onogawa Kisaburō blowing smoke at a monster 日本語: 『和漢百物語』より「小野川喜三郎」(第五代横綱) 。月岡芳年『和漢百物語 小野川喜三郎』/慶応元年(1865年)刊の妖怪絵。縦大判東錦絵。立ち現れた轆轤首ろくろくび(正体は古狸こり)に煙草の煙を吹き付ける第5代横綱・小野川喜三郎の豪胆を描く。]

Wakashima Kyuzaburo

Wakashima Kyuzaburo

Ōzeki Wakashima Kyūzaburō after he changed his ring name to Tateyama

Ichinoya-vs-Nishinoumi

Ichinoya-vs-Nishinoumi

Ichinoya Tōtarō (left) Nishinoumi Kajirō I (right) fight each other during a sumo match in 1887.

Raiden Shin'emon 1877

Raiden Shin'emon 1877

Sumo wrestler Raiden Shin'emon at his highest rank of ōzeki, after he took the name Ōnomatsu Wasuke (c. 1877).

Otohira Hirokichi

Otohira Hirokichi

Japanese sumo wrestler and sport's ozeki Ōtohira Hirokichi (February 1895)

Oikari montaro nishikie

Oikari montaro nishikie

Ōikari Montarō in 1894

Takasago Beya Ukiyoe

Takasago Beya Ukiyoe

Ukiyo-e print of Takasago stable, under the rule of Takasago Uragorō by Utagawa Kuniaki II

Takasago Uragoro

Takasago Uragoro

Sumo wrestler Takasago Uragorō (date unknown)

Foreigner and Wrestler at Yokohama 1861

Foreigner and Wrestler at Yokohama 1861

Sumo wrestler throwing a foreigner at Yokohama. This was a popular theme at the time. Colour woodblock (ukiyo-e). 日本語: 「横浜誉勝屓附」図(1861年)。開国当時の攘夷の気分が絵画にも現れている。

Sumo-Asashio-Tarō-I-1901-Rising-Sun-Waves-Kesho-Mawashi

Sumo-Asashio-Tarō-I-1901-Rising-Sun-Waves-Kesho-Mawashi

Sumo wrestler Asashio Tarō I with rising sun waves kesho mawashi (loincloth), 1901. Ukiyo-e, color woodblock print on paper, 14 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (37.1 x 24.1 cm). 日本語: 朝汐太郎 (初代)と朝日の化粧廻しだ、浮世絵(1901年)。

Yokohama-Sumo-Wrestler-Defeating-a-Foreigner-1861-Ipposai-Yoshifuji

Yokohama-Sumo-Wrestler-Defeating-a-Foreigner-1861-Ipposai-Yoshifuji

Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner. Ukiyo-e (Woodblock print). 日本語: 「横浜誉勝屓附」図(1861年)。開国当時の攘夷の気分が絵画にも現れている。攘夷論の風刺図(開港直後の横浜で行われた相撲の模様を描いている)。

Iwamigata Joemon

Iwamigata Joemon

Ōzeki Iwamigata Jōemon (then known as Arimayama Takiemon)

Sendagawa Kichizo

Sendagawa Kichizo

Ōzeki Sendagawa Kichizō by Katsukawa Shuntei

Genjiyama Kichidayu

Genjiyama Kichidayu

Ukiyo-e print of Ōzeki Genjiyama Tsunagorō when he was still known as Genjiyama Kichidayū

Oitekaze Kitaro

Oitekaze Kitaro

Ukiyo-e print of Ōzeki Oitekaze Kitarō

Inazuma Raigoro - Drawing. Public domain image.

Inazuma Raigoro - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of Japanese woodblock print artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raiden Tameimon. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Raiden Tameimon. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Sumo wrestler Raiden Tameimon (January 1767 - February 11, 1825)

Unryu Hisakichi

Unryu Hisakichi

Deutsch: Yokozuna Unryu Hisakichi Public domain reproduction of Japanese woodblock print artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yoshitoshi Akashi 1867

Yoshitoshi Akashi 1867

Sumo wrestler Akashi Shiganosuke strangling an opponent