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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Black ink still life of a large vessel with fanning strands, a small bowl, a shallow dish and a bundle of long forms on a table, beside thick vertical strokes, on pale flecked washi
  5. Black ink sketch: a large roof with banded lines and hanging tassels over the ring, rows of dotted spectators beneath it, and three figures in the ring at the foot of the sheet
  6. Black ink sketch: two wrestlers locked together in a low, wide-legged grapple, drawn in a handful of heavy strokes
  7. Black ink sketch: one figure stands at the upper left while a second, lower on the sheet, swings a leg high into the air
  8. Black ink sketch: a heavy wrestler crouches forward and low in the foreground, a second figure close at his side, while a dark standing figure looks on from the upper left
  9. Black ink sketch: a standing figure at the upper left above a large crouching wrestler, with a long curved stroke sweeping across the right and short dashes at the foot
  10. Black ink sketch: a wrestler squatting in profile with his topknot up, hands resting on his knees, a dark band at his waist
  11. Black ink sketch: a large figure seen from behind with a topknot, arms bent at the hips, his broad back drawn in a few dark masses
  12. Black ink sketch: a broad figure with a topknot, drawn in broken strokes, walking away down the sheet
  13. Black ink sketch: a figure with a topknot seen from behind, in a robe marked with swirling lines
  14. Black ink sketch: a standing figure with a topknot, drawn from the front in a robe with a rounded, fan-like patch at the chest, between long horizontal strokes
  15. Black ink sketch: a standing figure in a long robe, in profile, holding a small fan up against the chest
  16. Black ink sketch: a figure with a topknot, seen from behind, holds a long diagonal staff whose frayed end sweeps out to the left, with a curved stroke at the lower right
  17. Black ink sketch: a robed figure stretches one arm out to the left, holding a flat, paddle-shaped object, above a long stroke that marks the ground
  18. Black ink sketch: a figure carrying a pail with a spout, flecks of ink trailing from its tip, among long horizontal bars and slanting dashes
  19. Black ink sketch: rows of dark wedge-shaped marks across the top, like tiers of seats, above two figures, one of them stretching an arm out to the left
  20. Black ink sketch: three seated figures in the foreground, and above them another group, with a robed figure kneeling at the right, below banded strokes along the top edge

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