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Re: Dohyo (correction)
Please correct the name "Ura-Jomen" to "Mukou-Jomen" in my previous "Dohyo"
posting. Mukou means "to face" or "the other side".
Higashi Hanamichi Mukou-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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