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Kunisada sigend Sumō Prints
- publisher Izumiya Ichibei -
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  Kunisada signed prints


Prints are ordered by date (not strictly), possible series/sets are not considered.

 For some prints I have only bad files. Sorry but for this case the bad files are better than nothing.

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signature: Kunisada ga

wrestlers: Uzugafuchi (渦ヶ渕), Washigahama [Otoemon] (鷲ヶ浜),
Uzugafuchi in makuuchi league since 1824, name used 1828-37, retired in 1837;
Washigahama in makuuchi league since 1823, name used 1829-42, retired in 1845












size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N113
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestlers: Yuranoumi [Kajigorō] (由良ノ海[楫五郎]), Aratama [Toshinosuke] (璞[歳之助]),
Yuranoumi in makuuchi league since 1828, name used 1824-37, retired in 1838;
Aratama in makuuchi league since 1824, name used 1815-34, retired in 1834

ireki from a Shunei print, see image below and also 3rd print from the site of Moriya Jihei










size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N127
signature: Shunei ga


ref: L125
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestlers: Musashigawa [Daijirō] (武蔵川[大治郎]), Kashiwado Sogorō (柏戸[宗五郎]),
Musashigawa in makuuchi league since 1837, name used 1826-38, retired in 1838;
Kashiwado in makuuchi league since 1825, name used 1830-35, retired 1835












size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N127
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestlers: Inazuma (稲妻), Ōnomatsu (阿武松)

















size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: L125
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestlers: Itadaki [Sennosuke] (頂[仙之助]), Azumaseki (東関)
















size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: L125
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Washigahama [Otoemon] (鷲ヶ浜[音右エ門])
in makuuchi league since 1823, name used 1829-42, retired in 1845














size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Iwatoyama Mineemon (岩戸山峰右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1825, name used 1826-31, retired in 1838














size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Oitekaze Kitarō (逐手風喜太郎),
in makuuchi league since 1824, name used 1831-39, retired in 1839














size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Itadaki [Sennosuke] (頂[仙之助]),
in makuuchi league since 1828, name used 1826-37, retired in 1840














size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N43
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Hiodoshi Rikiya (緋縅力彌),
in makuuchi league since 1825, name used 1824-36, retired in 1836














size: ōban
date: c. 1830
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Amatsukaze Kumoemon (天津風雲右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1837, name used 1835-39, retired in 1850














size: ōban
date: c. 1837
ref: N82
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Goyoboku Kumoemon (御用木雲右エ門),
makuuchi league since 1840, name used 1840-56, retired in 1856
 













size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N127
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Koyanagi Tsunekichi (小柳常吉)
makuuchi league since 1840, name used 1837-56, retired in 1856
 













size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N121
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke (鏡岩濱之助),
makuuchi league since 1837, name used 1838-56, retired in 1856















size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Inagawa Masanosuke (稲川政之助),
in makuuchi league since 1836, name used 1837-46, retired in 1851















size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N113
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Washigahama Otoemon (鷲ヶ浜音右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1823, name used 1829-42, retired in 1845















size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N106
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Koyanagi Tsunekichi (小柳常吉),
in makuuchi league since 1840, name used 1837-56, retired in 1856














size: ōban
date: c. 1840
ref: N1
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Iwamigata Joemon (岩見潟丈右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1837, name used 1842-44, retired in 1850















size: ōban
date: c. 1842
ref: N113
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Kurokumo Ryūgorō (黒雲龍五郎),
in makuuchi league since 1843, name used 1840-47, retired in 1847















size: ōban
date: c. 1843
ref: N82
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Kumoudake Kiriemon (雲生嶽霧右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1842, name used 1843-50, retired in 1850














size: ōban
date: c. 1843
ref: N82

The following prints are all ireki; all are signed 'Kunisada' and bear a kiwame seal so they should be desigend before 1843,
but the names and the career of the depicted wrestlers clearly indicate that they was re-cut in 1852-61.
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Jinmaku Kyūgorō (陣幕久五郎),
in makuuchi league since 1858, name used 1857-67, retired in 1867















size: ōban
date: c. 1858
ref: N82
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Onogawa Saisuke (小野川才助),
in makuuchi league since 1858, name used 1861-67, retired in 1867














size: ōban
date: c. 1861
ref: N113
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Sakaigawa Namiemon (境川浪右エ門),
in makuuchi league since 1850, name used 1856-61, retired in 1861















size: ōban
date: c. 1856
ref: N81
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Unryū Hisakichi (雲龍久吉),
in makuuchi league since 1852, name used 1850-65, retired in 1865













size: ōban
date: c. 1852
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Shiranui Mitsuemon (不知火光右衛門),
in makuuchi league since 1856, name used 1857-1868, retired in 1869














size: ōban
date: c. 1857
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Onaruto Nadaemon (大鳴門灘右ェ門),
in makuuchi league since 1858, name used 1856-62, retired in 1862













size: ōban
date: c. 1858
ref: N115
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Onaruto Nadaemon (大鳴門灘右ェ門),
in makuuchi league since 1858, name used 1856-62, retired in 1862















size: ōban
date: c. 1858
ref: N118
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

wrestler: Arashika Kosuke (荒鹿幸介),
in makuuchi league since  1858, name used 1856-1858, retired in 1859















size: ōban
date: c. 1858
ref: N82

signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
wrestlers from left: nishi no kata Inazuma (西の方 稲妻), higashi no kata Ōnomatsu ? (東の方 阿武松 ?)
size: ōban
date: c. 1835
ref: N113

signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
wrestlers from left: nishi no kata Sekinoto, higashi no kata Koyanagi
size: ōban
date: c. 1835
ref: N133

signature: ōju Gototei Kunisada ga
wrestlers from top right clockwise: Ōnomatsu (阿武松), Koshigahama (越ヶ浜), Iwatoyama (岩戸山), nd, nd, Koshinoto (越ノ戸), Yuranoumi (由良ノ海), Matsuchiyama (待乳山), Musashigawa (武蔵川), Koshinoumi (越ノ海), nd, nd, Uzugafuchi [Nadagorō] (渦ヶ渕[灘五郎])
banzuke from 3/1828
size: ōban
date: 1828
ref: L124
signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
wrestlers from left: Kashiwado (柏戸), gyōji Kimura Inosuke (行司式守伊之助), Koyanagi (小柳)
size: ōban
date: c. 1843
ref: N127

signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
wrestlers from left: 稲妻 (Inazuma), 阿武松 (Onomatsu)
size: ōban
date: c. 1835
ref: N43

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