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[sumo] Significance of Arrow (Ya) on the Senshuraku Kensho for Komusubi bout
I guess they don't exactly tell you what you want to
know - like the origin of them.
I think the reason is that no one knows precisely how
it got started other than it started back in the Edo
Era when they gave an arrow, a bowstring and a bow to
winning komusubi, sekiwake and ozeki rikishi
respectively.
Actually if you recall "Tegatana/Kensho" discussion a
while back, this is where it originally came from as
they were the original Kensho.
Now getting back to the Senshuraku, the last three
bouts. Traditionally a yokozuna is considered to be
just an Ozeki who was licensed to wear a "Tsuna" with
no other special priviledges, so the last bout always
had Ozekis competing. The second last was for sekiwake
and their third last was for Komusubi - calling it
Sanyaku (we no longer include Ozeki as a part of
Sanyaku now).
The winner of the Ozeki bout (meaning the last bout)
won't get the bow anymore as this role was replaced by
the Yumitori rikishi. The way a rikishi receives a
Kensho from the gyoji ("Tegatana") actually originated
from how the Yumi (bow) was picked up from the gyoji.
The next time you see a Yumitori rikishi, you will see
him doing something very similar to what a Maku and
higher rikishi does before he picks up the Kensho
envelope or when he simply is announced as the winner
of the bout - the winning rikishi will bring his
"right arm" (normally) down to his side from around
his chest position - kind of smooth cutting or
chopping action. This action is exactly the same as
what the yumitori rikishi does with his bow when he
finishes his ceremony.
So in sumo all the little things they do on the dohyo
(and off-dohyo) has some meaning and significance even
though some are pretty obscure. Sumo is very simple to
look at on the surface but it gets deeper as you learn
more and more so it can be enjoyed at any level which
is one of the attractions at least for me.
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.....Jonosuke
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