Two kabuki wrestlers grapple as a third man looks on

A bare-chested wrestler in a purple floral-patterned robe grips the wrist of a second man whose yellow-and-black checked robe has slipped to his waist; both grimace mid-struggle on a wooden bridge deck, swords tucked at the wrestler's side. A third figure in a dark blue robe stands behind them holding a fan, watching. An inset landscape with Mt. Fuji and a procession appears at upper left, beside cartouches naming the Kisokaidō series and the Nihonbashi station.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) brought heroes, monsters and spectacle into the ukiyo-e print. A pupil of Toyokuni, he made his name in 1827 with the series of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden, tattooed warriors caught mid-action, and went on to giant skeletons, cats, whales and satirical puzzles that slipped past the censors. His restless invention influenced Yoshitoshi and, much later, tattoo and manga art. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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