Black ink painting of a small standing sumo wrestler with one arm raised, a wide arc of spattered ink rising from his hand across the upper left of the sheet

Shiyomaki (Salt throwing ceremony)

Zoia Skoropadenko

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

A small standing wrestler at the lower right, one arm raised. From his hand a wide arc of ink rises over the upper left of the sheet and breaks into fine spatters. Broad curved lines cross the lower part of the sheet, and vertical strokes mark its top and bottom edges.

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Email Zoia Skoropadenko Studio (zoia.skoropadenko@gmail.com) about “Shiyomaki (Salt throwing ceremony)”.

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.