Resin bronze
H30cm x W35cm x D20cm
Edition of 15
Green, iron or dark grey patina, bronze on order

Sableux, son sol vibre, le rond dohyo,
Massif, il s’approche, le lourd sumo,
Cirés, ses cheveux noués, en feuille de gingko,
Brodé, son tablier ondule, le kesho-mawashi,
Odorantes, ses vapeurs de camomille et sake, le grand Yokozuna,
Champion, il se rince de l’eau surpuissante, le rituel mizu chikara,
Purifiant, il lance le sel sur le ring, la cérémonie d’entrée dohyo-iri,
Chasseur de demons, il tambourine le sol lourdement, le shiko.

Les sumos se font face. L’assaut peut commencer.
Taichi-ai! Ils chargent l’un vers l’autre, synchronisés.
Ils s’affrontent, ahanent, saisissent les pagnes, luttent,
se lancent, frappent, techniques gagnantes ou kimarite,
Puis fatiguent, ralentissent, alors au cri Hakkeyoi! L’arbitre gyogi
motive les adversaires a y mettre bien plus de passion et d’esprit,
et la, dans l’ire du moment, ils cherchent a s’etrangler,
s’arracher les cheveux, se donner des coups de pieds,
mais l’arbitre les reprend, reagit et les relance dans le droit,
alors le sumo le plus fort pousse peu a peu son rival, pas a pas,
hors du dohyo, il a gagne, il est champion, l’ozeki du combat.

Sandy, its ground vibrates, the round dohyo,
Massive, he approaches, the heavy sumo,
Waxed, his hair are knotted in a leaf shaped of gingko,
Embroidered, his apron waves, the kesho-mawashi,
Fragrant, he emanates vapors of chamomile and sake, the great Yokozuna,
Champion, he rinses his mouth with the empowering water, ritual, mizu chikara,
Purifying, he throws salt into the ring, the entry ceremony, dohyo-iri,
Hunting demons, he drums the ground heavily, the shiko.

The sumos face each other. The assault can begin.
Taichi-ai! They charge towards each other, in sync.
They push, toss, fight, grab the loincloths, wrestle,
launch, strike, winning techniques or kimarite,
Then tire, slow down, so to the shout Hakkeyoi! The referee, gyogi,
motivates the opponents to put much more passion and spirit into it,
and there, in the anger of the moment, they try to strangle each other,
pulling each other hair, kicking each other feet,
but the referee realigns them, reacts and reminds them about the right way,
then the strongest sumo pushes his rival little by little, step by step,
out of the dohyo, he wins, he is the champion, the ozeki of the fight.