[sumo] Some pictures of Taiho:

[Ryan Evans <ryanevans@nc.rr.com>]

Hi, everyone.

This is a little late to be a birthday present for the list, but I 
guess it will be all right. :)

About 2 years ago when my Japanese teacher found out I enjoyed sumo, 
she gave me four pictures of Taiho. I didn't until last weekend get 
them scanned in. But now they are online (please thank Alexander 
"Doitsuyama" Nitschke for hosting the images), so I'd like to share 
them with everyone.

You can find the images here: http://130.149.112.57/ryan/

A run-down of the images:

"Taiho-1" is a picture of Taiho posing with my Japanese teacher's 
father (see below).

"Taiho-2" is a match held at Minemachi. I'm not sure who the other 
wrestler is.

"Taiho-3" (my personal favorite) is Taiho in kesho-mawashi.

"Taiho-4" is a wide-shot at a jungyo match. Really you can't see Taiho 
all that well (he is facing away from the camera). But should be 
interesting if you want to see how a dohyo is put together on jungyo.

Quite honestly I don't know what age Taiho is in these photos. I think 
he is about 20 though, so just a bit before his Yokozuna promotion 
perhaps. (Maybe if someone has pictures from different ages to compare 
we can get it figured out...)

The small images are actual size (on a 1200x800 monitor). The large 
images are really just there for fun (this will be uploaded by 
tomorrow; sorry for the wait).

The images are messed up in some places. Sorry about that. You have to 
remember these are over 40 years old!

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Okay, so the story behind the first photo: Taiho and my teacher's 
father met one day out on the street. Taiho needed money for a cab ride 
and her father gave him  fare. Since then (up until he retired), Taiho 
would send him tickets to the basho held in Tokyo. My teachers's father 
was a HUGE fan of sumo, so he would even leave the shop during busy 
hours just to go watch.

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Well, I hope you enjoy the photos.

--Ryan Evans

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