Tall black ink painting of a wrestler with one arm raised and a long curved stroke beside it, below rows of dots, on pale washi

No. 2 · Long painting

Yumitori-shikiBow-twirling ceremony

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

A single wrestler stands at the foot of the sheet with one arm raised, a patterned cloth hanging from his waist, and a long, thin curved stroke passing his raised arm. Rows of dots stand in the middle distance above a curved line of the ring. The upper part of the paper is left bare.

The yumitori-shiki is the bow-twirling ceremony that closes each day of a Grand Sumo tournament.

Enquire about this work

Email Zoia Skoropadenko Studio (zoia.skoropadenko@gmail.com) about “Yumitori-shiki”, No. 2.

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.