Description
Fans at a sumo tournament in Higashiryogoku, excited by their man's victory, throw robes from the balcony. A little boy cries in the commotion. Perhaps his pants got tossed by mistake.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.
Inscriptions
[Signature] Yoshitoshi giga; [Transcription] Higashiryogoku ekoin sumo kichigail; [Translation] Sumo fans at Ekoin in Higashiryogoku
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 1991