Title : Champion Sumo Wrestlers, Chiyonofuji and Hokutomi

Artist : Kinoshita Daimon

Date : Ca. 1990.

Details : Kinoshita Daimon: Champion Sumo Wrestlers, Chiyonofuji and Hokutomi - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : Two grand champion wrestlers, Chiyonofuji (right) and Hokutoumi. The championship match at Nagoya in July 1989. After some 80 years of absence, the Japan Sumo Association commissioned the making of traditional nishiki-e style woodblock printing to publisher Kyoto Hanga-in, artist Daimon, carver Kishima and printer Ito in 1985. These new Sumo Nishiki-e are sold in Ryogoku Kokugi-kan in Tokyo.

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