Mukonoso 273 Posted July 22, 2012 My dad stopped by today and showed me a link to the LIFE photo archives. There are a couple photos of sumo being trained for the home defense. http://images.google...117919544a.html http://images.google...9aeccdedce.html There may be some more photos in the archives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Found this on another website. Edited July 23, 2012 by Otokonoyama 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bugman 384 Posted July 25, 2012 Great image, i've always liked old photo's, video footage etc, it gives me a strange feeling to see the past, a few video's i saw on youtube of various places including London more than a hundred years ago were really fascinating, like a window to another world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Hmm, my second post has the image showing but not the first post with two images. I tried posting image but the forum says I'm not allowed to use that image extension on this community. Oh well. I love old photos as well. Whenever I work the local library sales in the Spring and Fall I pick up all the photo and coffee table books I can find. Old London, Paris, Japan and even image archive books. Victorian England and WW2 Japan are my favorites. Edited July 25, 2012 by Mukonoso Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnofuji 232 Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Thanks for those pics Mukunoso. I shared the photo above on Facebook and one rikishi thought it might be the battleship Yamato.One of the Nichidai amasumo boys who was world junior champion (Masakatsu Ishiura) is in Australia with us at the moment and he said that his teammate's grandfather was the strongest sumo wrestler on the Yamato and was apparently onboard when it sunk. I didn't ask but its possible that he may have survived if his grandson is a relatively recent graduate of the Nichidai. The father would have to be at least 67 if the grandfather was one of the 300 out of 2300 odd Japanese seamen who survived. This ship can't be the Yamato because its too small and there should be 6 huge guns on the bow which were capable of firing up to 42kms away. Edited July 28, 2020 by Johnofuji 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 26, 2012 Thanks for sharing the photo. Yeah, I'm not 100% convinced that it is the Yamato or her sister ship either. The bridge tower looks a bit small compared to the pics I have seen on the web and in the book I have call A Glorious Way To Die: The Kamikaze Mission Of The Battleship Yamato (excellent book). Though by the same token it is hard not to be sure since the pic is cut off at the top. If it was the Yamato the guns visible would be No.2 Turret and the smaller No.1 Aux Battery, both of which were situated behind No.1 Turret. But I guess this line of discussion could lead to another thread in the Japan sub-forum. BTW, have you seen the Japanese movie Otokotachi no Yamato? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shokaku 13 Posted July 26, 2012 From turrets it seems pretty sure that its not Yamato or Musashi, but could easily be any of the other 10 Japanese battleships. Looking at superstructure my guess would be Nagato or her sister ship Mutsu. May be wrong though. Btw, Japanese warship naming conventions are quite different from standard European approach and seem actually somewhat similar to rikishi shikonas. For example there were aircraft carriers Taiho and Unryu, and battleship Kirishima, and I am sure there is plenty of more overlapping. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 26, 2012 Hmm, I hadn't noticed that before but you are right. The turrets only have two guns instead of the three that the Yamato and Musashi had. Good catch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umigame 82 Posted July 27, 2012 Here's a scan I posted on flickr a few years ago. "Japanese sailors having a sumo match in the Indian Ocean, on the deck of the battleship 'Asama'. 1934." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 27, 2012 Cool! Thanks for adding to the photo collection. (Reading book...) (we need a thumbs up emoticon ;-) ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,998 Posted July 27, 2012 (we need a thumbs up emoticon ;-) ) (Sign of approval...) ? ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 27, 2012 Gah! I guess I need new glasses or to pay more attention. I never noticed that tiny right arrow to give more emoticon choices. I'm used to a drop down list or a link that says "more". Thanks (Dripping sweat...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted July 27, 2012 Not sure if this rikishi was in the military but... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doitsuyama 1,178 Posted July 27, 2012 Not sure if this rikishi was in the military but... The shikona of the rikishi is on the left side of the picture. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) An interesting image from after the war with wrestlers visiting America in July/August 1951. http://www.janm.org/...tem/96.267.132/ Former yokozuna Maedayama (Kinmatsu Hagimori), Yakatayama (Hakaru Yasutake), Onoumi (Hisamitsu Mojima), and Fujitayama (Tadayoshi Fujita) Edited August 24, 2012 by Mukonoso Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukonoso 273 Posted December 16, 2012 Found a couple more images. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
