Sumo wrestling

Sumo wrestling

Sumo is deeply related to Shinto rituals. In the imperial palace, sumo matches were held to mark the coming of fall. Wrestlers were divided into east and west teams to forecast which part of Japan would have a better harvest. In the Edo era, the sport developed for the training of warriors, and kusazumo (amateur sumo tournaments) and tsujizumo (sumo on the streets) also thrived, together with the sumo in shrines dedicated to the Shinto deities.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐50‐0]

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  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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    A sumo match takes place on a ring 4.55 m in diameter, with 40-60 cm of soil piled over it. The ring is surrounded by four pillars to the east, south, west and north and has a roof called Kataya . The four pillars represent the four seasons, and the above them is a red and white curtain.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐59‐0]
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      Sumo wrestlers enter the ring with their decorated sashes. But they are too thin to be a sumo wrestler. Sumo developed as an exercise and training feat of the warrior class during the Edo era, as well as amateur and on the spot matches and with Hono sumo (special matches dedicated to the Gods at a Shinto Shrine). It was a highly popular form of entertainment among the masses.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐27‐0]
        Sumo wrestling

        Sumo wrestling

        The shikiri at the start of the sumo match. Shikiri takes place when the two sumo wrestlers of the east and west groups face each other with their hands on the shikiri line at the centre of the ring. Matta nashi (no waiting) is the rule, and the umpire in the centre shouts to start the match.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐58‐0]