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Re: AW: [sumo] Ichinoya

At 12:55 AM +0200 8/8/03, Stefan Gelow wrote: 
I have asked the list this several times and no one seems to know if there
ever was such a rule. It is something that is written in MOST English
language books on sumo (I have seen it in at least three books and on some
web pages) and it sometimes differs whether it says Sandanme or Makushita.
But since there have been rikishi at least since early 80s that never

There isn't a general rule as such, but I have heard (and read) that some stablemasters have such a rule; but it's a matter of heya custom or individual preference.

FWIW,

~Doreen Simmons
     <jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp>~
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