Re: Lots of gyoji/yobidashi questions

[TAKAYAMA Kazuhisa <yk815103@fsinet.or.jp>]

>I know Kimura Shonosuke belongs
>to Nihogaseki-beya.  
It is Nisyonoseki-beya that Daizen belongs to.
Mihogaseki is the heya that Higonoumi and Hamanosima belong to.

>I don't know about Shikimori Inosuke, or Yonekichi, the
>current tate-yobidashi.
The both belong to Kasugano-beya.

>The ranks for both gyoji and yobidashi are: tate, 
>(fuku-tate-yobidashi), sanyaku, makuuchi, juryo, makushita, sandanme, 
>jonidan and jonokuchi.
Present ranking system for yobidasi began on July in 1994. Previous 
system is similar to that of toyoyama.

>> Is the writing yobidashi wear on their clothes ads from sponsors?
>
>Yes.
Yobidasi began to wear clothes from sponsors since 1949. In those 
days, yobidasi were given money by the sponsors because they weren't 
paid by the Kyoukai.

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TAKAYAMA Kazuhisa