Akinomaki 40,822 Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Today video: NHK news9 sports corner - top and at 2:40: Goeido (pointing wrong), Takekaze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcr6qF3Cd4E NHK (hidden) news videos:News7 Goeido: going for the yushohttp://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140901/k10014250351000.htmlnews at noon Hakuho: preparations are going well, aiming for no. 31http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140901/k10014243411000.html Edited September 1, 2014 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yubinhaad 11,768 Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) A few pictures from banzuke day. New Sekiwake Takekaze, with his shisho Oguruma-oyakata (former Ozeki Kotokaze). At the age of 35 years and 2 months, Takekaze is the oldest rikishi to make a Sekiwake debut in the post-WW2 era. And he has also set a record by taking 68 basho to reach Sekiwake from his Makuuchi debut. Takekaze with the signs from the ranking board in Oguruma-beya's keikoba. New Komusubi Jokoryu, with his shisho Kise-oyakata (former Maegashira Higonoumi). Pointing up at his new place on the heya's ranking board. New Komusubi Chiyotairyu, with his shisho Kokonoe-oyakata (former Yokozuna Chiyonofuji). Outside the heya. New Makuuchi Ichinojo, with his shisho Minato-oyakata (former Maegashira Minatofuji). The tokoyama at Minato-beya hasn't yet been able to make a chonmage out of Ichinojo's hair - the shisho hopes it will be possible for the Kyushu basho in November. Edited September 3, 2014 by Yubinhaad 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am the Yokozuna 194 Posted September 2, 2014 A smiling Kokonoe oyakata. That's a new. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,822 Posted September 2, 2014 The papersNew Ozeki GoeidoHochiTokyo shimbunSanspoSponichia coral clasp for the haori coat with a long history that he took overDailyHochielse he's pointing mainly to lower ranksJapan TimesYomiuriSankeiSanspoMainichiSponichi - at last one right againChuspoAsahiNikkanNew Sekiwake TakekazeSankei highlightHochiJiji MegapicNikkanDailySponichiwith Oguruma-oyakataSakigakeMainichiSanspoDailyJijiNew Komusubi Chiyotairyu: "I never thought I'd go up. A miracle."Sponichiwith Kokonoe-oyakata.JijiSponichiNikkanSponichiwiping the sweat off after one of Kokonoe's tough remarks for "motivating" his rikishiNew Komusubi JokoryuNikkanwith Kise-oyakataNew Makuuchi IchinojoAsahiJijiwith Minato-oyakataDailySponichiold yokozuna HakuhoMainichiSanspoNikkanDailySponichiJiji'This banzuke looks odd'Nikkei - Sponichi 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,109 Posted September 2, 2014 I never really looked at these pictures particularly closely before, but looking at where the rikishi are pointing combined with the knowledge of where they are ranked, it appears as though, in keeping with the right-to-left traditional way of reading, that the more prestigious side is at the right of the paper, and that when they get translated for left-to-right readers they flip the sides so that the more prestigious side is still the first one encountered in reading. I always had assumed that they were presented with the same left-right relation regardless of reading direction. This also fits better with the sense that north is up and thus east is right and west is left. I never really noticed how it's seemingly backwards for left-to-right readers who take north as up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
