Re: Calling all sumo scholars

["Josh Reyer" <Reyer@benchsumo.zzn.com>]

Here's a question for the eccentric sumo 
historians on this list. In the 1954 Haru Basho, 
Daitenryu (later known as Kaizan) won the Kanto-
sho, the first and only sansho of his career. In 
Kyodo's 2002 Rikishi Directory, he is listed as 
a rank I've never heard of. The kanji looks like 
it can be read as "chozen" or "harimae", but I 
can't find that kanji compound in any of my 
dictionaries. Any ideas what it is? Thanks for 
the help.
 
Chris Shryock
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It's merely an abbreviatation of "haridashi 
maegashira".  

Josh Reyer

If a first you don't know what to do... henka
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