1. Sumo Paintings and Drawings, done on location
Ozeki Takanohana Shodai
practices shiko inthe shitakubeya, Osaka basho, 1979.
oil and graphite on 2 pieces of archival Strathmore Charcoal paper 36”x18”
Framed by Kato in a heavy gold, round-cornered frame with silk mat. $75,000
Ozeki Musoyama
Mixed media with sports
newspaper. Oil and graphite
on acrylic prepared brown
paper. 12 x16” $ 8,500.
Lynn Matsuoka Studio www.traditions.jp email: artist@traditions.jp
2. Sumo Paintings and Drawings, done on location
The Secret World
Yokozuna Chiyonofuji in the shitakubeya with deshi, Konishiki in the middle
ground. This painting tooK 3 basho (45 days) to complete. Painted in oil and
graphite on Strathmore paper, 18 x 24”. Framed in a magnificent heavy, round-
cornered gold Kato frame, artwork deep set in bevelled silk mat. $250,000
Lynn Matsuoka Studio www.traditions.jp email: artist@traditions.jp
3. Sumo Paintings and Drawings, done on location
Ozeki Konishiki, Shitakubeya
Painted on location in oil and graphite on Strathmore paper, 18 x 24”
Ozeki Konishiki
filing his nails in the
Shitakubeya.
Oil and graphite on archival
paper, 11x14”
Lynn Matsuoka Studio www.traditions.jp email: artist@traditions.jp
