Knockdown

"Knockdown" suggests a print depicting a sumo wrestling bout or a moment of combat — likely a sumo match given the subject's deep roots in Japanese visual culture and its appeal to printmakers across multiple periods. Sekino's compositional approach to such a subject would emphasize the physical dynamism of two figures in contact, with bold outlines defining muscular form and the diagonal thrust of bodies conveying force and momentum. Flat color fields typical of his sosaku-hanga work would render flesh tones and the white of the mawashi loincloth, while the earthen dohyo ring and arena context provide grounding. The title's English form suggests this may be from a series intended for international audiences, consistent with Sekino's active engagement with collectors and exhibitions abroad, particularly in the United States, from the 1950s onward.