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Unidentified Artist, woodblock print. Japan, ca 1865.

Unidentified Artist, woodblock print. Japan, ca 1865.

A sumo wrestler preforming a ring ceremony dressed in a traditional apron 'Keshomawashi'. Measurement 26x38. Measurement with passepartout 42x55 cm.

Wear to edges, holes, and dis-coloration. Soft handling creases. Colors possibly slightly faded.

Provenance

From the Collection of Göran Flyxe.

Exhibitions

Exhibited at the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Spring 1997, Krognoshuset, Lund 14-30/1 1974, Norrköping Museum, Norrköping 9/6-28/7 1974, Kalmar Museum, Kalmar nov 1974, Sweden Center Bldg, Tokyo 31/5-1/6 1975, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg 9/12-23/1 1978.

More information

Japanese Sumo Wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts in Japan. Sumo wrestlers were a favorite subject on Japanese woodblock prints.

Sumo has its roots in the shinto religion. The matches were dedicated to the gods in prayers for a good harvest. The oldest written records date back to the 8th century. But it is probably more than 1500 years old.

Sumo prints from the 18th and 19th century prove the popularity of the sport in the past.

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