Sumo wrestling

This is a staged photograph depicting sumo included in a Yokohama album. The ring was made for the occasion at the studio. The men's physique suggests that they are professional sumo wrestlers. The technique demonstrated is called kirikaeshi (twisting backward knee trip).==Date:Late Meiji (1898-1912), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐47‐0]