Yamanashi 3,771 Posted December 4, 2020 Interestingly, the Wikipedia page for Teshikaga mentions only one Notable Person from the town: Kotogatake Koichi, sumo wrestler. In Taiho's Wiki page, it mentions Teshikaga as his home town (after moving from Sakhalin). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
code_number3 694 Posted December 4, 2020 36 minutes ago, Yamanashi said: Interestingly, the Wikipedia page for Teshikaga mentions only one Notable Person from the town: Kotogatake Koichi, sumo wrestler. In Taiho's Wiki page, it mentions Teshikaga as his home town (after moving from Sakhalin). At least Taiho is still listed on Teshikaga’s Japanese wikipedia entry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinobi Steve 146 Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) The image on the kesho mawashi seems a bit abstract to me. Anyone know what the three different shapes represent? Edited December 5, 2020 by Shinobi Steve Spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,072 Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Shinobi Steve said: The imagine on the kesho mawashi seems a bit abstract to me. Anyone know what the three different shapes represent? Supposedly, they represent two lakes in the town. The designer of the keshomawashi heard a schoolgirl say that the large lake looked like Taiho performing a dohyo iri, and the small one looked like Oho watching. Then the bird shape is the Peng, the bird that makes up the -ho part of their shikona. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinobi Steve 146 Posted December 5, 2020 Thanks for the wonderful explanation. I can get behind the two lakes and even the bird shape. I’m having a hard time seeing a dohyo-iri, but it wasn’t designed for me. Despite my lack of modern art understanding, it’s still a beautiful kesho mawashi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Shinobi Steve said: Thanks for the wonderful explanation. I can get behind the two lakes and even the bird shape. I’m having a hard time seeing a dohyo-iri, but it wasn’t designed for me. Despite my lack of modern art understanding, it’s still a beautiful kesho mawashi. On 30/11/2020 at 13:13, Akinomaki said: Kinoshita last year had shown a map with the 2 lakes to a middle school girl related to the heya, and she said: "Lake Kussharo looks like Taiho at the yokozuna dohyo-iri, and Lake Mashuu like the face of Konosuke watching this." Getting this surprising hint made him decide on the design. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20201125/sum20112518510006-n2.html the map with Lake Kussharo as this part of the yokozuna dohyo-iri The shadow of the big bird (=Taiho) flying above, with the edge of the wing in the picture, is also meant to form the kanji 大 dai of Taiho, in the same dohyo-iri pose: the darker shadow with the lower edge of the lake and the tail of the bird as the legs local NHK vid Edited December 5, 2020 by Akinomaki 4 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oshirokita 173 Posted December 9, 2020 Slightly off topic: I know that Makuuchi and Juryo rikishi wear kesho-mawashi for their division's respective dohyo-iri ceremonies. When a Makushita division rikishi is called up to participate in the Juryo torikumi, do those Makushita rikishi also participate in the Juryo division dohyo-iri? Not sure if I have ever seen this mentioned before. If so, I assume they would wear a borrowed kesho-mashi (or their own if they are former sekitori). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Churaumi 728 Posted December 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, Oshirokita said: Slightly off topic: I know that Makuuchi and Juryo rikishi wear kesho-mawashi for their division's respective dohyo-iri ceremonies. When a Makushita division rikishi is called up to participate in the Juryo torikumi, do those Makushita rikishi also participate in the Juryo division dohyo-iri? Not sure if I have ever seen this mentioned before. If so, I assume they would wear a borrowed kesho-mashi (or their own if they are former sekitori). No. They are just visiting juryo. All they get is the fancy hairdo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,072 Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Churaumi said: 1 hour ago, Oshirokita said: Slightly off topic: I know that Makuuchi and Juryo rikishi wear kesho-mawashi for their division's respective dohyo-iri ceremonies. When a Makushita division rikishi is called up to participate in the Juryo torikumi, do those Makushita rikishi also participate in the Juryo division dohyo-iri? Not sure if I have ever seen this mentioned before. If so, I assume they would wear a borrowed kesho-mashi (or their own if they are former sekitori). No. They are just visiting juryo. All they get is the fancy hairdo. To complete the point, juryo visitors to makuuchi still participate in their own dohyo-iri and not the makuuchi dohyo-iri. The kesho-mawashi is for the purpose of the dohyo-iri and a sekitori symbol. Ergo, makushita rikishi do not get kesho-mawashi nor do they appear in the juryo dohyo-iri, and continue wrestling in their black mawashi and floppy sagari; the oichomage is a form of divisional respect as it were. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oshirokita 173 Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Thanks! Follow-up question. When a Juryo rikishi is called up to take part in the Makuuchi torikumi, do they participated in the Juryo dohyo-iri or the Makuuchi dohyo-iri? Based on the answer re Makushita rikishi, I am going to guess the Juryo one, but... ? OOPS, ninja'ed. Edited December 9, 2020 by Oshirokita answered before I posted question 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) On 13/10/2020 at 13:34, Akinomaki said: Takanosho for sanyaku debut from a koenkai related person got a kesho mawashi with himself as original mascot character, designed by a friend: named NOBUDOG after his real and shikona first name Nobuaki, a Shiba-inu. Takanosho loves dogs, is born in a year of the dog and appropriately: "I want to run around (the dohyo)." He plans to use it at the dohyo-iri starting on nakabi (day 8). o Hopefully pics of the complete kesho mawashi will appear before that. Maybe he brings it to NHK for the new sanyaku interview. The Nob-dog kesho mawashi of Takanosho Oho on the 21st got the traditional Saitama-Sakae high kesho mawashi, 11 active sekitori have that right now. http://hochi.news/articles/20201221-OHT1T50137.html in return 700kg of rice from Oho to his old sumo club at Saitama Sakae high o Edited December 24, 2020 by Akinomaki 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted December 24, 2020 Asanoyama gets a new kesho mawashi from the Anekurahime shrine near his parents house, where Asanoyama as sekitori each year came to pray on New Year's day. On a dark green background, the Tateyama mountain range in the bright morning sunlight and in front the houou 鳳凰 forcefully flapping its wings. With the ozeki reserved purple tassels and fringe. The kesho mawashi will get a purification ritual on New Year's day, adore the shrine tabernacle till the 4th and then will be delivered to the heya. o http://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/123032 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinobi Steve 146 Posted January 24, 2021 What was Terunofuji wearing today for day 15? It looked just solid black. I didn’t get a great view from the tv image, but it looked like there was something in it with a different texture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,822 Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Shinobi Steve said: What was Terunofuji wearing today for day 15? It looked just solid black. I didn’t get a great view from the tv image, but it looked like there was something in it with a different texture. Page 6 of this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benihana 1,910 Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, rhyen said: Page 6 of this thread Nope, but here, although the pictures don't work Speaking of black...a vanta black kesho mawashi would be awesome. Edited January 24, 2021 by Benihana Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinobi Steve 146 Posted January 25, 2021 8 hours ago, rhyen said: Page 6 of this thread I don't see anything about it on page 6 of this thread. It's talked about on page 11. It's too bad the photos from the older posts don't seem to work anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerboy1966 1,408 Posted January 25, 2021 On 04/12/2020 at 14:00, Yamanashi said: Interestingly, the Wikipedia page for Teshikaga mentions only one Notable Person from the town: Kotogatake Koichi, sumo wrestler. In Taiho's Wiki page, it mentions Teshikaga as his home town (after moving from Sakhalin). Fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,822 Posted January 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Shinobi Steve said: I don't see anything about it on page 6 of this thread. It's talked about on page 11. It's too bad the photos from the older posts don't seem to work anymore. It is an all black replica of the Terunofuji kesho mawashi on page 6. At least that page still has a working photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame 359 Posted January 26, 2021 On 24/01/2021 at 19:51, Shinobi Steve said: What was Terunofuji wearing today for day 15? It looked just solid black. I didn’t get a great view from the tv image, but it looked like there was something in it with a different texture. It is not black, but dark blue. And his shikona is written on it: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,176 Posted January 26, 2021 I like it, it's different 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) New juryo Bushozan today received the traditional orange kesho-mawashi from Saitama Sakae high: "I'm extremely happy. The kesho mawashi I yearned for the most." http://hochi.news/articles/20210225-OHT1T50176.html Haru day 1 o Edited March 14, 2021 by Akinomaki 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) The new kesho mawashi for Takakento from his high school, Tottori Johoku, was presented to the public today. It shows the head of a kirin, as used in the local traditional kirin lion dance, on a dark red background, the school's symbol color. Headmaster Ishiura: "Fortunately it is in time for the haru basho. With the hope he may soar up like in the kirin lion dance." http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/tottori/20210309/4040007496.html Edited March 17, 2021 by Akinomaki 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) On 09/03/2021 at 14:59, Akinomaki said: The new kesho mawashi for Takakento from his high school, Tottori Johoku, was presented to the public today. It shows the head of a kirin, as used in the local traditional kirin lion dance, on a dark red background, the school's symbol color. Headmaster Ishiura: "Fortunately it is in time for the haru basho. With the hope he may soar up like in the kirin lion dance." http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/tottori/20210309/4040007496.html The presentation of the kesho mawashi by headmaster Ishiura and the designer, local painter Nakao: he specially displayed the kirin-shishi with opened eyes (usually shown with them closed), to have the sleeping lion in Takakento become awaken https://www.nnn.co.jp/news/210310/20210310031.html Haru day 1 o Takakento brought the kesho mawashi to the NHK new juryo interview on day 3 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1164y1D779 o the lion is still sleeping Edited March 17, 2021 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,807 Posted March 17, 2021 On 26/01/2021 at 07:14, Tsubame said: It is not black, but dark blue. And his shikona is written on it: Also his Sith name Darth Timoris 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,026 Posted April 21, 2021 Daieieisho, presently enrolled at Nichidai graduate school, and Nichidai graduate Tsurugisho, both Oitekaze-beya, were at the university today to receive new individual kesho mawashi from the Nichidai alumni organization. Presented by Nichidai rijicho Tanaka and his wife, vice president of the Japan women's sumo federation - she designed the kesho mawashi. o o Tsurugushi with one of the 7 gods of fortune, Daikokuten, with the reds rays of the rising sun (like the Asahi flag) on yellow as background , Daieisho with cherry blossoms in front of Mt. Fuji 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
