Seki Sanjuro III (三代目関三十郎) as Gyojji Shokuro (行司庄九郎)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1832
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.8.1
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Sekitori Nidai Shobu-zuke (関取二代勝負附)' at the Ichimura theatre (市村座).
Sumo (相撲, Japanese martial arts) was a very popular entertainment for people in the Edo period. As a commercial strategy, it was common in Edo to have popular Kabuki actors play sumo wrestlers.
Shokuro (庄九郎) is a Gyojji (行司, a Sumo refeee).
Sumo (相撲, Japanese martial arts) was a very popular entertainment for people in the Edo period. As a commercial strategy, it was common in Edo to have popular Kabuki actors play sumo wrestlers.
Shokuro (庄九郎) is a Gyojji (行司, a Sumo refeee).
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- Commemoration of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in various roles. (死絵 八代目市川團十郎)
- Scenes from a play titled 'The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (吾嬬下五十三駅).'
