Black ink painting of a sumo wrestler balancing on one leg, the other leg raised high, between curved brush lines and vertical strokes, on textured white washi paper

Shiko (Sacred Sumo Pose)

Zoia Skoropadenko

Medium: Japanese ink on Ozu washi paper
Size: 100 × 185 cm
Price: ¥1,000,000
Availability: Available

A single sumo wrestler in black ink, standing on one leg with the other raised high and one arm lifted. Curved lines pass above and below the figure, a row of vertical strokes runs across the top, and spatters of ink fall around the body. The ink sits on the pale, fibrous surface of the washi.

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Email Zoia Skoropadenko Studio (zoia.skoropadenko@gmail.com) about “Shiko (Sacred Sumo Pose)”.

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.