Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 125277

The Champions - New Oh-Sumo Nishiki-e

Artist / 作者
Kinoshita Daimon木下大門
Date / 年代
1980-1990
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
933 × 1400 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

Grand champion, "Yokozuna", sumo wrestlers, Kitanoumi (right) and Chiyonofuji. Kitanoumi was said to be, "He was so strong that everybody hated him" during his reign in 1975-85. Actually, he was a quite earnest and honorable guy. So much so that he was chosen to be the president of the Japan Sumo Association, later. Chiyonofuji had his hey-day in 1980s. He did not have any ambition to be a sumo wrestler when he was a teenager. But he entered one of the sumo schools because the scout persuaded him that he could ride on an airplane if he agreed to come to the school. After some 80 years of absence, the Japan Sumo Association commissioned the making of traditional nishiki-e style woodblock pri…

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