Re: Wakanohana dohyo-iri

[Achim Pawelczyk <achimp@herten.de>]

More  pictures of the Wakanohana "Last dohyo-iri" tour's first event.

His last opponent, Tochiazuma as tachi-mochi (Takanowaka as the tsuyu-harai
not visible):

http://db.ryukyushimpo.co.jp/web-bin/eh_writer/public/kiji_pd.html?84297
-http://db.ryukyushimpo.co.jp/nepcell/data/2000/04/03/T/t/T03A52238117.gif

http://www.xusxus.com/top/top2000040308.html
-http://www.xusxus.com/top/image/2000040308waka.jpg

New ozeki Musoyama is absent from the jungyo because of renewed back
problems, Akebono is kyujo after some swelling at his head was surgically
removed.

Futagoyama-oyakata, occasionally suspended chief of the sumo kyokai jungyo
department, mentioned an about 20% increase in ticket sales due to Waka
appearing finally once more as the "visitor gathering panda".

The expression originates from the two giant pandas presented to the Showa
tenno by the Chinese government some 30 years ago (I don't know when) and
masses came to the Ueno zoo in Tokyo to see them.

The recent state present to the present tenno have been the two toki
ibises, whose offspring named "Yuu-Yuu" is written with the kanji character
for e.g. outstanding like in "yuusho".
The yusho connection for Toki - if Takatoriki can do it ...

At 09:18 02.04.00 -0700, Joe Kuroda wrote:
>On April 2, former yokozuna Wakanohana (current
>Fujishima oyakata) kicked of the Spring Jyungyo by
>performing the "Offering" dohyo-iri ceremony at the
>Ise Jingu, arguably the holiest of Shinto shrines,
>located in Mie Prefecture (Ise Jingu's history goes
>back 2,000 years.  Its web site (in Japanese) is at
>http://www.infocr.co.jp/hometown/ise/jingu/jg.html and
>is well worth checking).  
>
>Wakanohana displayed his "Shiranui" style dohyo-ir in
>front of over 2,500 people who gathered to cheer
>Wakanohana on.  His popularity is still strong among
>sumo and non-sumo fans alike though he retired on Day
>5 of the Haru Basho.  Ever since the Kyokai announced
>that Wakanohana III would visit the 18 city Jyungyo
>tour to perform his dohyo-iri, the tickets sales have
>been going strong.
>
>A retired yokozuna's dohyo-iri ceremony was last
>performed by Hokutoumi (current Hakkaku oyakata) at an
>oversea Jyungyo event eight years ago when there was
>no active yokozuna.  Both Kitanofuji and Kotozakura
>(current Sadogatake oyakata) performed the dohyo-iris
>in the Natsu Jyungyo, 1974, twenty six years ago.     

Akinomaki

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