Re: More Quiz Questions PART 3

[Stefan Gelow <f95-sge@nada.kth.se>]

The Mainichi Photobank has photos of two such kanreki dezuiri:

Tachiyama 1937: (and I thought Kotoinazuma is losing his hair...)
http://photobank.mediagalaxy.ne.jp/photoDB/detail.asp?ID=00071279

Tsunenohana 1956: (Chiyonohana as tsuyu-harai and Futabayama as tachimochi)
http://photobank.mediagalaxy.ne.jp/photoDB/detail.asp?ID=00107351

Stefan Gelow aka Yubiquitoyama

At 23:04 1999-06-02 -0700, you wrote:

>In Sumo community, former Yokozuna who reached 60 years old will celebrate his
>kanreki with performing Yokozuna Dohyo-iri with red Yokozuna rope to symbolize
>his kanreki. Usually Tachimochi and Tsuyuharai are the Yokozuna with closest
>relationship, I believe. Not necessarily his deshi from his own heya, if I
>remember correctly. If he is lucky enough to raise two yokozuna from his own
>heya, he will have them his left and right, of course. But sometimes they are
>from the same Ichimon, and sometimes they are not even from the same Ichimon,
>since some Ichimon do not have recent Yokozuna, for example.
>
>I remember the late Kasugano Oyakata, former Yokozuna Tochigiyama, did Kanreki
>Dohyo-iri. That was the first one I ever remember. After that, I remember
>Yokozuna Tochinishiki and Yokozuna Wakanohana-I did Kanreki Dohyo-iri. I don't
>remember any one else.
>
>Sakaigawa Oyakata and Kasugano Oyakata have been reached the #60 last year, but
>I haven't heard their Kanreki Dohyo-iri, so far. They are close friends and
>their birthdays are less than a month apart. Taiho Oyakata will be 60 in a
>year. His birthday is May 29, 1940. If Waka-Taka are still active at that time,
>then they will be the ones supporting Taiho Oyakata in Kanreki Dohyo-iri, since
>they are the Yokozuna from the same Nishonoseki Ichimon, I believe.
>
>-Toshiyori Masumiriki