Re: ging-ko leaf hair-cut

["Kevin L. Carter" <kuroshio@juno.com>]

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:50:52 GMT "Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from
Kawika" <dakinesumo@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> >My current thinking, is that Miyabiyama was over-looked, due to 
> still
> >not being able to get his hair into the ging-ko leaf hair-cut, and
> >therefore he wouldn't look so aesthetic on the dohyo.  Once he gets 
> his
> >hair long enough, as if he is still ranked higher, I suspect he 
> will
> >take-over from Wakanoyama in future bashos.  Any thoughts?
> >
> >Jejima
> >
> >
> 
> I don't think the ging-ko leaf hair-cut as anything to do with it.  
> Hair is 
> not a requirement of a sumotori, it is just a carry-over from the 
> days of 
> the samuari.  There is no rule saying you must have hair to be a 
> sumo 
> wrestler, nor you must have a ging-ko leaf hair-cut to be a 
> yokozuna, or 
> even a yokozuna attendant.  The ging-ko leaf hair-cut is just a 
> visual aid, 
> a nice touch, not a requirement of any sort.
> 
U sure about this? Someone I know, an African,  was kept out of Ozumo a
few years back because they said he could not get his hair into the
mage.......It seems to me that it is an unwritten rule that is invoked
whenever convenient..........
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