Black ink painting of a large seated sumo wrestler with a patterned cloth at his waist, the face and chest left as bare paper, against tall vertical brush strokes

Yokozuna

Zoia Skoropadenko

Medium: Japanese ink on Ozu washi paper
Size: 100 × 185 cm
Seal: Stamped with the artist’s seal
Price: ¥1,000,000
Availability: Available

A large seated wrestler in black ink, his face and torso left as bare paper. A patterned cloth hangs from his waist, and tall vertical brush strokes fill the space behind him. The paper’s pale fibres show through the ink.

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Email Zoia Skoropadenko Studio (zoia.skoropadenko@gmail.com) about “Yokozuna”.

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.