Experience Hand Tinted Albumen Of Sumo Wrestlers | Antique Japanese Photograph Mega Pack [0bSpH23n]

Antique hand-tinted albumen photo of two sumo wrestlers grappling with each other and a watching judge. Included on the back is a brief explanation about sumo wrestling. Albumen prints like this one were taken in black and white with color being added later by hand dyeing specific sections of the photo. 

This image is taken from a "Brinkley Book" with a caption written by "Japanese Scholars".

[The wrestling matches are held in Tokyo twice every year during ten days in Winter and ten days in Spring-- also at other times and places not fixed. The contestants are men of large physique and heavy build, many of them being over six feet tall and weighing more than 200 pounds. The ceremonial is quite elaborate and many of the rules peculiar. The winner must succeed in forcing his opponent outside the small ring in which the battle is fought, and the struggle is sometimes very energetic and entertaining.]

• Hand-tinted albumen print
• Meiji Period (1868-1912)
• Image dimensions: 13.5" x 10.25" (length, width)
• SKU: P-SumoWrestlers