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Dohyo

Higashi Hanamichi               Ura-Jomen                Nishi Hanamichi   
                                                           
             \       Jikan-gakari             Minami-kata  /
              \      Shimpan   Gyoji-damari   Shimpan     /
               \     (Timer)                             /
        Akabusa-shita------------Minami-------------Shirobusa-shita
                |               (South)                 |
                |                                       |
                |                                       |
Higashi-kata    |                                       |    Nishi-kata
Hikae-rikishi   |                                       |    Hikae-rikishi
                |                                       |
Higashi-kata  Higashi                                 Nishi  Nishi-kata
Shimpan       (East)                                  (West) Shimpan
                |                                       |
Higashi-kata    |                                       |    Nishi-kata
Hikae-rikishi   |                                       |    Hikae-rikishi
                |                                       |
                |                                       |
                |                 Kita                  |
        Aobusa-shita-------------(North)-----------Kurobusa-shita
                                Kita-kata Shimpan

                                Shomen

Terminology

Fusa (Busa): Tassel
Gyoji: Referee
Hanamichi: Approaching Path
Hikae: Waiting
Jikan-gakari: Time Keeper
Kata: Side
Shimpan: Judge
Shita: Under
Shomen (Jomen): The Facing Side
Tamari (Damari): Waiting Area
Ura: Behind


Size of Dohyo

Platform Sideview:
                                (18'8")
           _==================top 570 cm==================_
          /                                                \
         /      [===]           [===]           [===]       \ hight 34-60 cm
        /       step            step            step         \
        ---------------------botom 670 cm---------------------
                                (22')
        Shomen side has only the middle step for Shomen Shimpan.

                          toku-dawara
                               __
                            --    --
                          /          \
                         /            \
             toku-dawara|              |toku-dawara
                         \            /
                          \          /
                            -- __ --
                          toku-dawara

        Dohyo Circle:  455 cm (about 15 feet) diameter
        Janome (the sand area right outside of the Circle) 25 cm wide
        Starting Lines (Shikiri-sen):
                Width: 6 cm
                Length: 90 cm
                Distance between two lines: 70 cm

The dirt is from Arakida, Ibaragi Prefecture.
The current dohyo size was set in 1931. 
Before 1931 the size of dohyo used to be 394 cm (about 13 feet) in diameter.
Toku-dawara was originally designed for drainage.

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