New kesho mawashi

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The Rembrandt is quite nice, but not ludicrously so: it's the hotel we put people up in when they visit my office for interviews or on business. Lambos aren't very popular here, but you'd probably see a few Japanese sportscars parked there on occasion.

If you make things out of gold, they get expensive: the circular element has 1 million yen or so just in raw gold, never mind the processing.

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The new golden set of Harumafuji has cost about 30 to 40 million yen to make, 10 times or more the usual amount for a set. The phoenix on it was designed by Shin Taga

The designer of the precious golden kesho mawashi set of Harumafuji watched it closely at the dohyo-iri for the first time on day 4.

The attendants have one with a unicorn Pegasus and one with another mixed mythical beast, of dragon and kirin. He engraved the copper plates for the design during the 2 basho kyujo of Harumafuji. The making took 3 months, 3 times as long as usual.

He also designed the Chaplin kesho mawashi which Takayasu uses since first entering juryo.

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/column/sumo/news/1592023.html

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Mitakeumi got 2 new ones. So far he got one from his university, Toyo-dai, and next basho will use all 3 in turn.

One from his own new koenkai will follow sometimes later

Now the one from his own new koenkai is ready and was presented yesterday, on display for the public in Kiso-town today and tomorrow, Mitakeumi gets it in the 6th.

Fittingly it just shows Mt. Ontake and has cost about 2 million yen - average for a kesho mawashi.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/nagano/news/20160229-OYTNT50281.html

http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20160301/KT160229FTI090021000.php

the local calligrapher for "Mitakeumi koenkai" Furusawa (86) and the local designer Yamashita (40)

The koenkai has now 85 corporations and 654 individuals as members.

http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/nagano/20160301/CK2016030102000010.html

Edited March 1, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,753]

The new golden set of Harumafuji has cost about 30 to 40 million yen to make, 10 times or more the usual amount for a set. The phoenix on it was designed by Shin Taga,

depicted with inter-weaved threads of gold. A decorative circular element is made of about 300g of pure gold.

It says Rembrand Hotel, the search gives Atsugi, Kanagawa, as the location,

The (Kanagawa) koenkai pays a big part I guess, not only the hotel.

The attendants have one with a unicorn Pegasus and one with another mixed mythical beast, of dragon and kirin. He engraved the copper plates for the design during the 2 basho kyujo of Harumafuji. The making took 3 months, 3 times as long as usual.

Now a detailed article about the set, which Harumafuji used on all 15 days of last basho and likely will continue to do so next basho: he feels supported by the kesho mawashi, he likes the beauty of the golden design and the warmth of the green base color.

The design by Shin Taga was put on the set using Nihon embroidery and other ways. The inter-weaved golden threads to depict the 3 mythical beasts are of 18 karat gold. The cost of production is here given as at least 25 million.

Ordered not only by Rembrandt hotel holdings but also the head priest of the Kanagawa branch Izumo taisha (the home shrine of Isegahama-beya), who was with Isegahama-oyakata in Mongolia in 2000 and there discovered Harumafuji.

The designer wanted to create something that supports Harumafuji on the way to a dai-yokozuna, after the 2 basho kyujo setback. He thinks that for Harumafuji the change of kesho mawashi base color from blue to green is good for his luck: the result was a respectable (joint) jun-yusho.

http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/chiba/list/201603/CK2016030202000173.html

with Shin Taga

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Now the one from his own new koenkai is ready and was presented yesterday, on display for the public in Kiso-town today and tomorrow, Mitakeumi gets it in the 6th.

Fittingly it just shows Mt. Ontake and has cost about 2 million yen - average for a kesho mawashi.

The presentation at the heya's location in Sakai-city. Mitakeumi promised a double digits winning result. The tour of the koenkai fans is on the 14th (day 2), the koenkai secretary expressed the wish that Mitakeumi uses the new one on that day. He replied that he'll use it from day 1 on for several days - he has 4 older kesho-mawashi and wants to use them all in turn. http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20160307/KT160306FTI090008000.php

Edited March 7, 2016 by Akinomaki

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FNN local about Hakata weaving for making kesho mawashi http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00320248.html

Kaio has apparently presented one of his yusho portraits to the maker

Edited March 30, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Shodai got one from his locals - not a proper koenkai, but an oendan.

Shodai had an encouragement rally in his home-town Uto-city, Kumamoto,

The formation of a local cheering party was announced - no koenkai - no fee, so all locals can enter freely.

It shows the head for a shishi-mai (lion dance), the symbol of his hometown and a Kumamoto pref. important intangible asset.

He wants to use it at the Natsu basho, but he'll likely be tsuyu-harai in Kakuryu's dohyo-iri and then usually comes with one of the yokozuna set to the makuuchi dohyo-iri - except on the day he faces him. The day to show it will come.
http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20160423-OHT1T50054.html

it may take a while till he can produce a roaring face like that on the doyho (like Terunofuji can)

Edited April 23, 2016 by Akinomaki

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The first for Ura, from K(w)ansai Gakuin university - a new sight among the university design kesho-mawashi for their first sekitori. The university emblem and color blue, the crescent moon to symbolize the start of the career, to go towards the full moon.http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/general/2016/04/28/0009032559.shtml

the school emblem at the press conference

Edited April 28, 2016 by Akinomaki

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The final work on the next kesho mawashi for Ura, from Towa high school in Kyoto, also the first from that school: school flag and color as the design, 15kg. Art decorator Hasegawa put the parts together that were produced separately, he worked for the kesho mawashi for many rikishi, Hakuho among them. Ura will get it tomorrow. http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/sports/article/20160428000114/1

I also changed the pics in the first post:

The first for Ura, from K(w)ansai Gakuin university - a new sight among the university design kesho-mawashi for their first sekitori. The university emblem and color blue, the crescent moon to symbolize the start of the career, to go towards the full moon.

This was the main sumo news item of the day.

When he went to the ichiban shusse with Gagamaru's kesho mawashi he thought "This might be the first and last time". http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1638871.html

Asked what full moon he's aiming for: "Well, the top is yokozuna, but ..." "When I started I thought, no matter what, to juryo, but since I never expected to get there so fast, well ..." http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160429/k00/00m/050/023000c

Edited April 28, 2016 by Akinomaki

[RabidJohn 1,853]

I love this thread!

Thanks for the pics and info.

[Akinomaki 40,753]

The final work on the next kesho mawashi for Ura, from Towa high school in Kyoto, also the first from that school: school flag and color as the design, Ura will get it tomorrow.

And of course many articles and pics of this 2nd kesho-mashi hand-over ceremony today in Kyoto, at a party celebrating his juryo promotion. When he entered high school he was 152cm and 50kg. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1639429.html

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A new juryo from only high school - and one that produced many before: no hope for something new:
Sato got the standard one from Saitama Sakae high http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1642945.html

[Akinomaki 40,753]

The first for Ura, from K(w)ansai Gakuin university - a new sight among the university design kesho-mawashi for their first sekitori. The university emblem and color blue, the crescent moon to symbolize the start of the career, to go towards the full moon.

This was the main sumo news item of the day.

When he went to the ichiban shusse with Gagamaru's kesho mawashi he thought "This might be the first and last time". http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1638871.html

Asked what full moon he's aiming for: "Well, the top is yokozuna, but ..." "When I started I thought, no matter what, to juryo, but since I never expected to get there so fast, well ..." http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160429/k00/00m/050/023000c

Yesterday the university published a video of the ceremony

just in time for the first appearance with it by Ura on day 6

Edited May 14, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Daiki got the standard one - but first in the news not from university but high school: from Saitama Sakae.

http://www.sankei.com/photo/daily/news/160623/dly1606230018-n1.html

Funny that this appears in the Sankei XXL general news pics, not sumo.

He will get one in time for the basho from his Saitama Tokorozawa locals, with the city's mascot Tokoron as the design.

http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2016062002000135.html

96 versions so far: http://www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp/iitokoro/tokoron/tokoronillust.html

I expect them to add a sumo one for Daiki

Edit: they didn't, just used the pointing version above, pointing to his shikona

Edited July 13, 2016 by Akinomaki

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And Tokushoryu got such a sumo variety of his home prefecture Nara's mascot, Sento-kun, on a new kesho-mawashi.

But the Nara TV people, while reporting that Nara claims to be the place where sumo originated, don't know that in July the Nagoya- and not the Natsu-basho takes place.

Edited June 24, 2016 by Akinomaki

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And Tokushoryu got such a sumo variety of his home prefecture Nara's mascot, Sento-kun, on a new kesho-mawashi.

The Nara PR kesho-mawashi was presented to him by the governor of Nara. It is from his koenkai, the "Tokushoryu sodateru-kai", the club to raise Tokushoryu.

The color of fresh green to represent the grand nature of Nara and Sento-kun for the first time as a rikishi.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/nara/news/20160624-OYTNT50143.html

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Another one from the Clay Decoration Society for Yoshikaze. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1672822.html

Veteran Yoshikaze again got a new and extravagant, a 3-dimensional one.
The material used for this is resin clay with oil paint knead into, by way of the clay decoration technique.
http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1502473.html
Presented by a representative of the Clay Decoration society, a friend of his wife

Edited July 3, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Kotoyuki got a new one from his new Ogaki koenkai, which has about 70 members and was formed after the Hatsu basho, via connection to friends of Sadogatake-oyakata. It shows a northern goshawk and was presented to him on the 2nd this month in Ogaki-city, Gifu. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/gifu/20160711/CK2016071102000069.html

He showed it on day 1

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Check this out..

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Kotoyuki got a new one from his Tokyo koenkai. http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/local/article.aspx?id=20160910000153

so far the pics from there couldn't be embedded here

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I don't think the plan will bear fruit: The Osaka local Grannies Wearing Flowerpots club that presented Goeido with a kesho mawashi for ozeki promotion, now wants to start collecting money for a yokozuna set. http://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/nikkan/1715666.html

the old one from the Osaka hachi-kazuki-kai 大阪鉢かづき会

Edited September 27, 2016 by Akinomaki

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start collecting money for a yokozuna set

It's never too early for a bit of positive thinking.

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1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

The Osaka local Grannies Wearing Flowerpots club

Who?

[Akinomaki 40,753]

1 hour ago, egparis18 said:

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

The Osaka local Grannies Wearing Flowerpots club

Who?

That's my impression of how their idea of the name for their club might look from a Western perspective. (Did I mention that I don't translate?)

[egparis18 622]

10 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

That's my impression of how their idea of the name for their club might look from a Western perspective. (Did I mention that I don't translate?)

Oh.