This scroll shows two stylized
rikishi (wrestler) performing the traditional Japanese wrestling
sumô. In Japan,
Sumô is - besides baseball (!) the most popular sport.
Interesting and rare
kagemono in such view.
Honshi: Handpainted on paper
Date: approx. 1960 (mid
Shôwa).
Length: approx. 193 cm
Width: approx. 44 cm
Material
honshi: Paper
Material
ichimonji: Silk
Material
tenchi: Paper
Material of the endpieces (
jikubô): Wood
Condition: Very good, fresh colours, slight buckles in the tenchi due to storage; small wormholes in the area of the
ten; damaged in the area of the lower
ichimonji and the
jibubo. Apart from that, however, an acceptable overall state of preservation.
This image may slightly vary in colour to the original - due to the photo/scan.