No. 6 · Long painting

Karasu-zumoCrow sumo

Zoia Skoropadenko

Medium

Japanese ink on Ozu washi paper

Size

32 × 150 cm

Seal

Original, stamped with the artist’s seal

Price

¥350,000

Availability

Available

An open-fronted hall with a flight of steps stands in the middle of the sheet, with robed figures beside the steps and horizontal strokes above. In the foreground a figure in a long robe walks away, a small looped scribble beside his hand, above a single curved line of the ring.

Karasu-zumo is a ritual at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, in which men imitate crows and local boys wrestle as an offering to the shrine deity.

Enquire about this work

Email Zoia Skoropadenko Studio (zoia.skoropadenko@gmail.com) about “Karasu-zumo”, No. 6.

The exhibition SUMO: The sacred spirit is at Pasona Group Annex Aoyama, 3-1-26 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 12–18 October 2026, 11:00–18:00, admission free. See the visit details.