The printed motif is a representation of Katsushika Hokusai's print titled "The sumo wrestlers Uzugafuchi Kandayu and Takasi Ichijuro" created between 1783 and 1784.

Hokusai, who lived from 1760 to 1849, is undoubtedly the most famous Japanese artist worldwide, notably thanks to his "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series, the most famous of which is "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa".

A representative of the ukiyo-e art movement, it was the global geopolitical context that forced Japan to trade with the rest of the world that brought him fame in Europe. The influx of Japanese prints then greatly influenced French and later Western artists, giving rise to "Japonism" in the second half of the 19th century.

On this Euphron model, we find a sumo wrestling scene, a very popular theme in the ukiyo-e art movement during the Edo period.
Hokusai offers us a testimony of this traditional sport, using the image of these two famous and admired athletes, especially by the Japanese bourgeoisie of his time.
The sumo wrestlers are drawn in a way that reflects their imposing bodies and musculature, particularly of the legs and arms.

Through their posture and concentrated faces, Hokusai chooses to immortalize a moment representative of the intensity and power of the fight between these two wrestlers.