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Daimon Kinoshita born 1946 - Five Giant Sumo Wrestlers - Sumo

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Daimon Kinoshita born 1946 - Five Giant Sumo Wrestlers - Sumo
Five Giant Sumo Wrestlers - Sumo
by Daimon Kinoshita born 1946


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Date Sold Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Title Five Giant Sumo Wrestlers - Sumo
Artist Daimon Kinoshita born 1946
Description Sumo wrestlers have been famous for being big. However, these five guys were not just "big" but "huge"! (from upper left to clockwise) Mitoizumi 192cm 157kg; Ohnokuni 189cm 181kg; Asashio 183cm 186kg; Konishiki 187cm 225kg, he was the heaviest sumo wresler in the official record; Haguroyama 199cm 149kg. 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.
Signature Daimon.
Dated 1985.
Publisher Kyoto Hanga-in.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - very good.
Colors Excellent - very good.
Condition Excellent - very good.
Note Copyright seal of "zaidan hojin Nihon Sumo Kyokai" on the lower margin. Carver Endo, Printer Shimizu.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm
Height Item 16.0 inches = 40.7 cm
Related Article Sumo Wrestling

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