A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO SUMO WRESTLERS, MEIJI PERIOD...

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO SUMO WRESTLERS, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)

Depicts two Sumo (“Japanese wrestlers”) in the intense, decisive moment before the execution of a Kawazu-gake Waza (One-leg entanglement drop technique), in which a wrestler coils his leg around his opponent’s, pulls his opponent backwards, and uses his own body weight to topple his opponent.
Height: 35 cm. with stand, 18.5 cm. without stand