titleAn Indoor Group Portrait of Sumo Wrestlers in Kesho-mawashi During the Vancouver Japanese Language School Sports Day; Steveston, BC

 

namePhotograph

 

dateCirca 1910

 

descriptionThis image shows two rows of sumo wrestlers (eleven total) in kesho-mawashi with Japanese text on them in a wooden interior at the Japanese Language School sports day in Steveston, BC. An infant is held by a man in the front row, second wrestler from the left. Beside the men in kesho-mawashi on the left is a standing man in a suit and, on the right, a seated man in a suit. Another man is standing behind the men is kesho-mawashi. The image is cropped at the corners in a manner that suggests a decorative frame once housed the original print.

 

part ofCanadian Centennial Project fonds
number2010.23.2.4.243

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen