Re: [sumo] Red vs Black Tegata

["Jezz S" <jejima@hotmail.com>]

Apparently (and as I don't have my sumo books to hand, I can't give actual 
references), 'black tegata' are avoided by the more superstitious of 
rikishi, as they resemble kuroboshi a little too closely.....

Cheers,

Jejima



From: "JOHN GUNNING" <gunningjohn@hotmail.com>
To: hinerikeri@qwest.net, sumo@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [sumo] Red vs Black Tegata
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 02:29:34 +0100

the only difference is the colour of the ink. tegata (both printed and 
original) are among the most popular items i sell on ebay so i have seen 
almost every wrestles now in both forms. the printed versions are always red 
(except for those that may come with a magazine sometimes). originals are in 
red or black. a sekitori may do it in whatever colour takes his fancy on any 
particular day.in march when i was at sadogatake beya morning practice 3 
sekitori gave me tegata as presents. kotomitsuki did his in red but 
kotonowaka and kotonomine did theirs in black.
hope that helps
john

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