Re: [sumo] name that rikishi

[Mary Bickel Machado <hennagaijin1@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Joe!  The brilliant minds on this ML
continue to amaze me...  any question answered! :)

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>> Saw this photo on eBay, the rikishi in
>> the photo is wearing a yokozuna's belt.  
>> Anyone know who it is?
>>
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2194435156&category=20259
> 
> The card looks pretty old but I think it's the
> 19th Yokozuna Hitachiyama Taniemon who died in 
> 1922 at the age of 48.  He was the first rikishi 
> to receive the Kyokai sponsored funeral with the 
> procession so long that it literally filled the 
> streets from Ueno Station to Ryogokubashi.  A 
> legend in one of the golden eras of Ozumo, 
> Hitachiyama was one of the most popular rikishis 
> of all time.  
> 
> He visited the US in 1912 and paid a visit to the
> then President Roosevelt for the Kyokai.  He 
> helped to build Dewanoumi Beya from a small heya 
> to a powerhouse by developing Yokozuna 
> Tochigiyama, Oonishiki and Tsunenohana.
> 
> .....Jonosuke 


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[EndPost by Mary Bickel Machado <hennagaijin1@yahoo.com>]