Re: Misc.

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

Robert:

It's nice to hear from you. I'm glad you are up and well.

At 10:19 AM 2/7/95 +0900, streitenberger robert wrote:
>(1) Did anybody here in Japan see the special about Musashimaru yesterday
>(YTV,KTV 9:00 p.m ???)
>    If so, any comments are welcome, I missed it :-(
>
I asked my brother in Sapporo to record this program for me. When it
arrives, and if it is a good one, I will offer a copy to the people on the
net. I happened to be in Tokyo last weekend and saw a very brief preview of
the program. It was about Musashimaru in Hawaii, if my memory was correct.

While I was in Tokyo for business two weeks ago, I watched a program about
an old lady who has been the only person in charge of coloring the
yusho-gaku or framed picture of yusho rikishi you see on the wall near
ceiling of Kokugikan. I thought it was a color photo, but it was a
painted/colored black and white photo. Her father was the first Japanese
color engineer for photograph and she followed his path when she was 18
years old. She was a coloring artist for all-colored movie picture in 40's
and 50's. Since those days, she was the only coloring artist for Sumo
Kyokai. One scene in this TV documentary was when she visited her first
yusho-gaku work for Yokozuna Terukuni, whose nickname was "Pink Music".
Yusho-gaku was donated to a local school he graduated from. It was stored
with yusho-gaku of Ozeki Kiyokuni who was also from the same town.

>(2) Today I saw a picture in the newspaper of the Japanese sitting next to me
>in the densha. It showed
>    Taka and Ake performing 'dohyo-iri' simult., in parallel. Does anybody
>know when and at what occasion
>    this is done. (or did I sqint ???)

I think it was during the special old style sumo performance commemorating
the late Showa Emperor in Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan.
>
>(5) Some strange idea. Since between the bashos there's lot of idleness, I
>suggest a new game:
>    GUESS THE BANZUKE !!! If I find at least 5 freaks to join this, I'll think
>about some
>    rules. Since it's a one-time guess, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle
>and by doing
>    it you get a good feeling how this is done. (You never get the feeling,
>you just think
>    you know ;-) but what the heck, let's fill the gap between the bashos.

This is a good idea. I've been working on my own prediction of next bansuke.
>
>--- Robert

I hope at least the spirit of people in Kobe is well and high. 

How is the distribution of constributions from all over the world?

The news from Kobe area is getting diminished here in the US. Please keep
us informed directly from Kobe area.

Cheers.

-Masumi