A Sumo Wrestler，U nryu Hisakichi

The artist，Kunihisa Utagawa Ⅱ wasa d isciple of Kunisada Uragawa Ⅱ，and he married his
masrer's daughｔer and took on her family name. Unryu Hisakichi was a noted champioｎ
in the laｔe Edo period. He was very popular in Edo because of his upright and modesｔ
characrer as welｌ as his splendid ring enｔering performance. This is a realy sｔately picrure of
his.