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Sumo hairdresser admits his role in illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Onomatsu speaks to reporters at his stable in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on June 19, 2010. An Onomatsu stable hairdresser, who prepares the traditional topknots of sumo wrestlers, has admitted to involvement in illegal gambling on professional baseball in a statement submitted to the Japan Sumo Association.

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A man and a woman in Western attire (Japanese)

The Meiji government enforced a ban on topknots and sword-carrying in 1871 and abolished swords altogether in 1876. This man has cut off his topknot and holds a cane and hat instead of a sword. The woman wears Western-style dress with the curve of her hips showing.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Shimizu Tokoku, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐25‐0]

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Okazaki Tai

The man's hairstyle is called zangiri or jangiri. He wears a Western-style morning coat. After the enforcement of a ban on topknots in 1872, Western hairstyles became rapidly popular among men in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐6‐0]

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Hairdressing

After the mid-Edo Period, the word chonmage was applied generally to men's topknots. The chonmage was made by shaving the hair from the forehead to the crown and then tying the rest of the hair in a knot placed pointing toward the front of the head.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐19‐0]

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Girls on jinrikishas

Two kimono-clad women are riding a jinrikisha (rickshaw). One rickshaw man holds the bar while the other pulls. They have topknots and wear head towels, inhanten coats and long underwear. The man in front wears straw sandals, while the man in the rear is barefoot. The background setting is a cluster of trees.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐80‐2]

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Farmers wearing straw raincoats and caps

The man standing had a straw basket carrying pole while the man sitting is smoking tobacco. Both are wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats. They are prepared for farming. Both have topknots.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐27‐0]

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Sumo hairdresser admits his role in illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Onomatsu speaks to reporters at his stable in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on June 19, 2010. An Onomatsu stable hairdresser, who prepares the traditional topknots of sumo wrestlers, has admitted to involvement in illegal gambling on professional baseball in a statement submitted to the Japan Sumo Association. (Kyodo)

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Scenes of sumo

Sumo wrestlers' topknots are pictured as they attend a Shinto ceremony in front of the dohyo ring at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 8, 2017, on the eve of the beginning of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan. The ceremony is held the day before the start of each tournament to pray for the safety of the 15-day tourney and the peace and security of the nation, according to the Japan Sumo Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo