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Re: [sumo] Hakuho Question

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Subject: Re: [sumo] Hakuho Question
From: "Doitsuyama" <doitsuyama@ozumo.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:27:43 +0200
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Keri Sibley wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> My question is regarding the Kanji characters used for the Hakuho era 
> (when Taiho and Kashiwado were the Yokozuna) and whether or not they 
> are the same as used by the current Hakuho from Mongolia. Does anyone 
> know?

Not quite the same. The haku comes from the Chinese reading of kashiwa
(which is of course related to the haku of the current Hakuho as the
phonetic element in kashiwa is the same). The ho is identical though.

--
Doitsuyama

[EndPost by "Doitsuyama" <doitsuyama@ozumo.de>]

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- [sumo] Hakuho Question
  - From: "Keri Sibley" <sibleykeri@qwest.net>

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