Re: [sumo] oyakata % ?

[Lynn Matsuoka <artist@aloha.net>]

On 8/25/04 7:24 AM, "Gilles Furelaud" <furelaud@free.fr> wrote:

I heard that Asashoryu said to his oyakata that he (Takasago)
> didn't want him to get married, so he won't give him the 60 % of the
> benefits from his wedding that the oyakata asked. This rose a question : Is
> it really customary that the oyakata receive 60% of the benefits made by a
> rikishi (like benefits from a wedding, or from a danpatsu-shiki, or somethin
> g else) ? I can understand that a rikishi gives back some of the benefits he
> makes to his oyakata, who is supporting him. But is there really a "fixed'
> pourcentage ? And what kind of benefits are concerned ?
> 


It is an unspoken "rule" that the Oyakata can/should receive 25% of any $
that comes in  to his rikishi.
 However , there are SOME Oyakata who have taken  most of the $ or
everything. (  I have heard these stories directly from the men themselves-
this is not hearsay). The Rikishi cannot really argue about it. In certain
situations, they have to arrange the event so that they know where the money
goes, but they often do not. Asa's wedding in Mongolia may be under his
control. The one in Japan may not be.

This is not an area that is published or even talked about. It is an
individual thing, according to the character of the  Oyakata. Many Oyakata
are fine people who support and share properly with their rikishi.

Lynn

[EndPost by Lynn Matsuoka <artist@aloha.net>]