Legend has it that a sumo match between gods determined the origin of the Japanese race. Now regarded as Japan's national sport, sumo first gained popularity with the general public during the Edo ...

artists during Japan's Edo period were creating woodblock prints of the supreme sumo wrestlers of the day. The Museum of Fine Arts' "Sumo: Japan's Big Sport" exhibit is an eclectic collection of ...

What would it feel like to be inside of this artwork? Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3 ...

Like Mount Fuji, sumo wrestlers have been revered for centuries ... exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts uses finely crafted woodblock prints to explore the popularity of a uniquely Japanese sport ...

“Ukiyo-e” is a genre of mass-produced Japanese woodblock prints that display everything from theater announcements and landscapes to sumo wrestlers and even salacious erotica. The prints were ...

As is often depicted in nishiki-e (color woodblock prints), some Edo Period (1603-1868) leading sumo wrestlers, such as the yokozuna (grand champions), were employed by daimyo and allowed to wear ...

Like Mount Fuji, sumo wrestlers have been revered for centuries ... exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts uses finely-crafted woodblock prints to explore the popularity of a uniquely Japanese sport ...

Sumo transformed into a business and the rikishi into professionals. The celebrity of the wrestlers grew in conjunction with the sale of woodblock prints featuring famous bouts, and the secret ...