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English: Sumo wrestler Somagahana Fuchiemon. Woodcut print shows sumo wrestler Somagahana Fuchiemon, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing robes with two swords. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie.
Türkçe: Sumo güreşçisi Somagahana Fuchiemon, 1850.
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Source Edited version of Image:Somagahana_Fuchiemon.jpg .
Author
Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865) wikidata:Q467427
Utagawa Kunisada
Alternative names
Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代目歌川豊国), Birth name: Sumida Shōgorō IX (角田 庄五郎)
Description Japanese ukiyo-e artist
Date of birth/death 1786 Edit this at Wikidata 12 January 1865 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edo , today Tokyo Edo , today Tokyo
Work period between circa 1807 and circa 1865
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Edo , today Tokyo
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creator QS:P170,Q467427
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The author died in 1865, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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