Re: Yokozuna Quiz

[jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp (Doreen Simmons)]

At 22:07 99.6.2 +0100, Nashinokawa wrote:
>As one might expect Abe-san was correct in all he said.  Here are my answers
>for the record.
>
>>since we have been discussing Yokozuna's recently I thought I'd put
>together

>>1. What is the Yokozuna Hawser made from?
>I believe it is hemp covered in cotton stiffened with copper wire

Yes; note that it is hemp fibres not hemp cloth; the youngsters in the new
yokozuna's heya soften it by rubbing it in rice-bran the day before.>

>>2. Who makes it?

>(Junior) Rikishi from the ichimon of the Yokozuna.  (sometimes extra advice
>is needed -- apparently it was so long since any one in Futahaguro's ichimon
>had made Yokozuna that they needed outside assistance)

>>3 How often does a yokozuna get a new one?
>
>Before every Tokyo hon-basho (3 times a year) is what I have heard.

  
 
  
 
  

Doreen in sumoland

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