The printed design 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 certainly the most famous Japanese artist worldwide, notably thanks to his series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji", the best known of which is "The Great Wave off Kanagawa".

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

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