Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries


Visitors' Forum

Asian Art  Forums - Detail List
Asian Art Forums

Message Listing by Date:
Message Index | Back | Post a New Message | Search | Private Mail | FAQ
Subject:banzuke humour
Posted By: francis minvielle Fri, Jan 30, 2026 IP: 88.161.198.9

What are the titles of the 3 sheets?
In one of them the top line gives sumo ranks.
What do they say in the other two?







Subject:Re: banzuke humour
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Jan 31, 2026

Main titles,
明治大見立改正新版
Meiji ōmitate kaisei shinpan
Meiji's Great Comparisons in Revised Edition

Sub-titles,
Sheet 1,
古今白浪競 
Kōkin shiranami arasoi
Ancient and Modern Ranking of Thieves

Sheet,2,
誠忠不忠 赤穂分限鑑 
Seichū-fuchū Ako bungenkagami
Loyalty and Disloyalty Ako* Wealth Appraisal
(*Comparison of the financial situations of persons indirectly involved in the Ako incident.)

Sheet 3,
古今高名力競
Kōkin kōmei riki arasoi
Ancient and Modern Famous Athletic Competitors

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: banzuke humour
Posted By: francis minvielle Sun, Feb 01, 2026

Great, as usual!!


Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries |