Sumo Art

[inhashi 2,363]

Ah yes! We cannot omit Sadogatake's Kototsurugi in this thread. The former rikishi now artist/professional illustrator.

http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12024

This is a link to some of his illustrations.

I enjoy looking at the ones of just day to day life like sitting around the heya, walking down the street, preparing chanko ect. giving a glimpse of human-ness to it all.

Edited December 16, 2015 by inhashi

[Naganoyama 5,366]

Another use: New as cover illustration (+info inside) on the 2nd of the Japanese traditional culture series (after kabuki) of the widely used Japonica exercise books (especially for primary school) from Showa-Note - sales start on shonichi, Jan. 10th, in the kokugikan and bookstores. http://www.sankei.com/photo/daily/news/151215/dly1512150041-n1.html

Is that Yokozuna Goei-nosato?

[egparis18 621]

I opened this link that Inhashi gave above,

http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12024

and saw the photograph by Makoto Kubota that aderechelsea posted, so I went and found his site.

Plenty of other photographs to see.

http://www.makotokubota.com/Next_website_2014/xiang_puno_yu_zhou.html

Edited December 16, 2015 by egparis18

[Akinomaki 34,801]

Another use: New as cover illustration (+info inside) on the 2nd of the Japanese traditional culture series (after kabuki) of the widely used Japonica exercise books (especially for primary school) from Showa-Note - sales start on shonichi, Jan. 10th, in the kokugikan and bookstores. http://www.sankei.com/photo/daily/news/151215/dly1512150041-n1.html

B5 format

A6 format

there are 3 information pages about sumo, 1 each at the start, middle and end.

All illustrations are by Kototsurugi http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/12/16/397

toyonoshima lovers, do not miss this video

http://www.fubiz.net/2011/05/16/sumo-lake/

suitable for ballet lovers, too

from fubiz

This motion capture enhanced music player app ADanza looks like being inspired by it - or the other way round

The characters dance to the rhythm of the music that's being played

http://www.4gamer.net/games/328/G032817/20151216118/

Google picture search

Edited December 16, 2015 by Akinomaki

[inhashi 2,363]

A free art exhibition of Harumafuji's oil paintings will be held in Ginza this month from the 23rd to 27th. His paintings will be available for purchase acquisition where proceeds will be donated to Heart Saving Project, a non-profit organization providing medical support for children in Mongolia with heart disease. The yokozuna attended an art school while in Mongolia and held his first solo exhibition at age 15.

[egparis18 621]

Fabienne Boury http://www.une-indienne.com/sumotori/

Acrylic and indian ink. Eight other paintings on her page - all good.

A splendid Solstice to you!

Edited December 22, 2015 by egparis18

[Naganoyama 5,366]

Wow! Fantastic!

[Akinomaki 34,801]

A free art exhibition of Harumafuji's oil paintings will be held in Ginza this month from the 23rd to 27th. His paintings will be available for purchase acquisition where proceeds will be donated to Heart Saving Project, a non-profit organization providing medical support for children in Mongolia with heart disease. The yokozuna attended an art school while in Mongolia and held his first solo exhibition at age 15.

Some more pics - he painted the new ones during his kyujo, signed Harumafuji with romaji, the older were with kanji

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1581562.html

"Winter"

"Father and me"

"Summer"

older ones

[Akinomaki 34,801]

Harumafuji at his own first major exhibition
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2015/12/23/kiji/K20151223011737300.html

[wuli 67]

not hard at all, to see some of what makes this yokozuna so well loved

[wuli 67]

click here first

then, stand back

https://i.imgur.com/TUGBRL8.gifv

from reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3xzrsd/sumo_slam/

and the original

Edited December 25, 2015 by wuli

[Akinomaki 34,801]

I hadn't noticed it yet, but presently singer Masuiyama, like his father Masuiyama I, both as Mihogaseki-oyakata shisho of Kitanoumi, is a reasonably good painter as well. Both have had paintings in Nikakai exhibitions, Nikaten.
At the new Kitanoumi exhibition in the sumo museum a kimono of Kitanoumi is on display, with the dragon on it painted by Masuiyama the father.


on the net several sumo paintings of Masuiyama the singer son can be found


this won't display here

from the nikaten site (2002 exhibition)


I couldn't find any information if the cover for his single "Sonna Yuko ni ..." was painted by himself (can't be embedded either)

Edited December 24, 2015 by Akinomaki

[egparis18 621]

Got them - from the links in Akinomaki's post above.

Edited December 24, 2015 by egparis18

[egparis18 621]

Let's be festive and forget my stuck-up nose for Christmas.

A very merry one to all the Sumo Artfans.

My canary started singing with the music.

[Akinomaki 34,801]

The art club of a high school in Touon-city, Ehime, has produced the votive picture for next year, the year of the monkey.
They selected sumo as the topic, to show Japanese traditional culture to the world.
The 3 monkeys are thus not in the see-no hear-no say-no poses, but active in a shiranui-style yokozuna dohyo-iri:
The 3 kesho mawashi read 水天宮, Suitengu, the name of the shrine where the painting is placed for the whole year.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/matsuyama-news/20151230/4300981.html
Link to paste into VLC or similar media players to watch and record or save the raw input of the video:
rtmp://flv.nhk.or.jp/ondemand/flv/lnews/matsuyama/8004300981_20151230123235.mp4

http://www.ehime-np.co.jp/rensai/hotnews/ren111201512310140.html

Edited December 31, 2015 by Akinomaki

[wuli 67]

happy new year

from nenad zuza

http://zuzamodernart.com/painting/sumo-modern-japanese-contemporary-cubism

[Akinomaki 34,801]

Mitakeumi for the first time is among the portrait kites of rikishi for the New Year by sumo painter Motoki Matsubayashi.
Top of the banzuke and hype rikishi are those sold. http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/20151230/KT151229FTI090015000.php


Matsubayashi's portraits and picture banzuke are also sold in the kokugikan

from his own site, where also the picture banzuke can be ordered: http://nishikie.jp/column/79.html?language=en





one of Kotooshu


6 pics on this page: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/brunobsky2013/34785753.html
Raiden and 5 yokozuna: 2. Ayagawa, 35. Futabayama, 33. Musashiyama, 4. Tanikaze, 63. Asashifuji

Google pic search on him

Other types of sumo paintings can be found (and ordered) on the kokugikan shop site, e.g.

paintings with tegata: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=76648611

on towels: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=55976737
on postcards: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=94515264

on fans: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=77568145

another picture banzuke: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=38659442

An older thread on the forum with links to more artwork
Another thread leading to the page of another sumo painter

Edited January 1, 2016 by Akinomaki

[egparis18 621]

Greetings from Paris.

Never found any engravings before, so that makes a good way to start the New Year.

Have a happy one everybody -blissful.

Claire Auszenkier http://www.auszenkier.com/page3.htm There are 5 other sumo images on this page,

and one painting here http://www.auszenkier.com/page2.htm .

Edited January 7, 2016 by egparis18

[egparis18 621]

I find this pleasingly cheeky.

Any of you wishing to get your hands on it should click here

http://www.alittlemarket.com/peintures/fr_sumo_arts_martiaux_detail_ceinture_-16367931.html

The artist, Christina S, says; "La complexité de l'attache de la ceinture du sumo a retenue mon attention."

Oil on canvas.

Edited January 15, 2016 by egparis18

[Naganoyama 5,366]

Ah well. It's Japanese so 'La complexité' is almost mandatory, or should I say obligatoire.

[Akinomaki 34,801]

Another famous beastly sumo work of art was in the news today http://www.sankei.com/life/news/160121/lif1601210023-n1.html

Sumo by Fugu and Frog from Edo period artist Ito Jakuchu

From http://izucul.cocolog-nifty.com/balance/2015/04/post-4c92.html

Edited January 21, 2016 by Akinomaki

[egparis18 621]

Sculpture

I found this image here; http://ewilan-photos.jalbum.net/statues/ There are plenty of images of other statues in the album; good, bad and ugly.

Homepage: http://ewilan-photos.jalbum.net/

I don't know who created it, just that it's in Monthey, Switzerland.

Edited January 23, 2016 by egparis18

[egparis18 621]

To honour Geek's victory, some geek art.

A bronze statue of Futabayama, made using stereo photo-sculpture equipment.

Here's the page to read all about how they did it ; http://nikon.com/about/feelnikon/recollections/r10_e/index.htm

Futabayama has his own museum, with another splendid statue ;

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/03/travel/a-visit-to-usa-the-japanese-city-that-knows-how-to-win/#.VqZmwPnhDIV

Edited January 25, 2016 by egparis18

[inhashi 2,363]

This is artwork of Wakui Yoichi. There's quite a few so I put them in a spoiler to avoid any loading issues. What is interesting is that he paints actual current sekitori battling it out. Some include various kimarite.

twitter

website

Gagamaru vs Sadanoumi, kotenage

Satoyama vs Jokoryu

Gagamaru's win here and as a result gets kachikoshi

Harumafuji vs Ikioi, shitatenage

Tochiozan nodowa to (looks like) Aminishiki? He did not specify his opponent.

Fierce Oosunaarashi

Kaisei attacks

Gagamaru bulldozing Sokokurai

Takayasu vs Mitakeumi

Yoshikaze in this one

Myogiryu vs Harumafuji

Takekaze vs Mitakeumi

Takanoiwa hits with a good angle

Fujiazuma vs Hidenoumi, tsuppari attack

Terunofuji vs Kakuryu, yorikiri

Sadanoumi vs Chiyotairyu

Ichinoji vs Aoiyama, tsukitaoshi

Sadanofuji

Amuru vs Sokokurai

Tochinoshin overpowers Ikioi

Strong movements of Yoshikaze against Toyonoshima

Kotoyuki vs Kaisei

Akiseyama vs Kitaharima

Terunofuji vs Tochiozan

Kisenosato vs Myogiryu

Hidenoumi vs Homarefuji

Kisenosato vs Kotoshogiku

Terunofuji vs Tamawashi

Ikioi vs Sokokurai

Tochinoshin vs Oosunaarashi

Daieisho vs Chiyootori

Oosunaarashi lifts his opponent

Kotoyuki vs Kyokushuho

[Jakusotsu 4,878]

There's quite a few so I put them in a spoiler to avoid any loading issues.

Side note: Putting them in spoiler tags doesn't help - they're all loaded even when hidden.