Tony 16 Posted December 10, 2014 Hello there, I'm looking for this picture of Wakanami and Myobudani. Do you know in which magazine or book I could found it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaiomitsuki 408 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Famous colour photo from the XIXth century... Haru 1893 from left to right Maegashira 12 west Omatoi, Ozeki 1 west Otohira, Komusubi 1 west Ozutsu (future Yokozuna), Maegashira 11 east Hibikiya, Maegashira 1 west Taninooto and Maegashira 3 west Onigatani http://gans01.blog70.fc2.com/blog-entry-274.html On the NSK' web site, from the Banzuke Topics : Okinoumi (for the Haru 2015 Banzuke) is the first rikishi from the Shimana Prefecture promoted to the Sekiwake rank since Taninooto (second from right on the picture) in May 1894 (Natsu 1894) Taninooto Kiichi Edited February 26, 2015 by Kaiomitsuki 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 5,808 Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. They look so much lighter and healthier than today's rikishi. Great picture! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manekineko 200 Posted February 27, 2015 They also conveniently have their shikona plainly displayed on their kesho-mawashi - and written from right to left. :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SriBri 1 Posted March 3, 2015 So looking at the weight difference between then and now, I'm left wondering what spurred the increase. Were the rikishi in the 1800's also full time, or did they have lives outside of Sumo? Did the level of competition increase in the 20th century, pushing the weigh class higher and higher? They don't look more than 100kg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kasutera 258 Posted March 4, 2015 So looking at the weight difference between then and now, I'm left wondering what spurred the increase. Were the rikishi in the 1800's also full time, or did they have lives outside of Sumo? Did the level of competition increase in the 20th century, pushing the weigh class higher and higher? They don't look more than 100kg. Something tells me that the introduction of taller foreign rikishi had something to do with it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhashi 2,363 Posted July 19, 2015 Some cute brats Kisenosato Tochiozan Goeido Akiseyama Ikioi 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Senkoho 552 Posted April 17, 2016 When was that KaioU-picture taken? Never seen such a picture of him before and somehow reminds me of the time when I saw Kotokikutsugi the first time and thought "perfect sumo body..yokozuna!" and since KaioU is ozeki that means Kotokikutsugi will do big things in the future :-) KaioU already shows tremendous upper body strength in that picture so no wonder it was refined into present day omnipotence. Kotokikutsugi? There is no such rikishi. You probably mean Kotoshougiku (talk about a really idiotic name change..), the guy somewhere waaay down in Makushita who you have been promising me for ages that will "happen" soon.. Well, the way things are going, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you, since he is super-duper lame-o no goody goody..As for U's omnipotence, well..hehehee.. I'd switch "omni" for "im", and that would look much better from where I'm sitting.. Sorry for bumping this, but LOL :) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PawnSums 59 Posted February 14, 2017 On 12/29/2003 at 05:46, Kintamayama said: Kotokikutsugi? There is no such rikishi. You probably mean Kotoshougiku (talk about a really idiotic name change..), the guy somewhere waaay down in Makushita who you have been promising me for ages that will "happen" soon.. Well, the way things are going, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you, since he is super-duper lame-o no goody goody.. As for U's omnipotence, well..hehehee.. I'd switch "omni" for "im", and that would look much better from where I'm sitting.. I know this was 14 years ago but WRONG! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocks 1,804 Posted February 14, 2017 I don't know for sure but I would bet their skinniness is simply a function of lack of funds. The late 19th century was the Meji period which featured rapid modernization. I would bet a lot of traditional Japanese things suffered because of it. Once the 20th century had rolled around and Japan had caught up to the rest of the world things like sumo were again able to flourish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 44,208 Posted February 15, 2017 14 hours ago, PawnSums said: I know this was 14 years ago but WRONG! Wow..That was a long time ago. I will now have to resign from the forum for that. Bye everyone! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 760 Posted January 31 On 23/12/2002 at 17:17, Manekineko said: The picture was taken during winter 1999/2000 Okinawa jungyo. That's Kotonowaka's son in his lap. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
