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Yokozuna Kakuryu performs "dohyoiri" at Makuhari Messe

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Kakuryu performs a "dohyoiri" ring entrance ceremony during a sumo and information technology event at the Makuhari Messe international convention complex in the city of Chiba on April 26, 2014.

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(1)Beijing citizens enjoy Japanese sumo

BEIJING, China - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu performs traditional dohyoiri (ceremonial entrance into the clay ring) as Japanese sumo wrestlers kick off their two-day exhibition tournament in Beijing on June 5.

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Yokozuna Kakuryu performs Dohyoiri ritual at Nikko Toshogu

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu, who won the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September, performs the Dohyoiri (entering the ring) ritual at Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2015. The yokozuna dohyoiri was held for the first time at the shrine as part of events marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former sumo yokozuna Chiyonofuji performs doyo

Former sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Chiyonofuji (C), flanked by yokozuna Hakuho (L) and yokozuna Harumafuji, both from Mongolia, performs "dohyoiri" at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 31, 2015, to mark his 60th birthday on June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dohyoiri ritual held at Toshogu Shrine for 1st time

Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu (C), who won the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September, performs the Dohyoiri (entering the ring) ritual at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2015. The ritual was held for the first time at the shrine as part of events marking the 400th anniversary of Ieyasu's death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestlers and a gyoji (referee)

This photograph comes from the Stillfried album made in 1876. It was staged to portray the dohyoiri (ring-entering ceremony) of four sumo wrestlers. It may have been taken at a real sumo stable.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐44‐0]

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(1)Beijing citizens enjoy Japanese sumo

BEIJING, China - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu performs traditional dohyoiri (ceremonial entrance into the clay ring) as Japanese sumo wrestlers kick off their two-day exhibition tournament in Beijing on June 5. (Kyodo)