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"description": "Tanikaze Kajinosuke (1750\u20131795) was an extraordinary champion sumo wrestler who hailed from what is now Sendai, a city in northern Japan. Even at his death from influenza at age 44, he was dominating the ring and was one of the first to be given sumo\u2019s highest rank, yokozuna (\u6a2a\u7db1), during his lifetime. In this print, Katsukawa Shunsh\u014d showed him as he may have appeared strolling the avenue, spied by his fans.",
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