Ki no Natora and Ôtomo no Yoshio Wrestling

「記ノ名虎　大供ノ善雄」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1829 (Bunsei 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.5 x 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line General Funds

Accession Number00.1949

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Calza, Hokusai (2003), V.28; Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-30; Richard Kruml, cat. 15, Surimono Prints (1975), #5

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

InscriptionsPoem in Chinese

ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)