Kesho mawashi no longer new

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On 5.12.2016 at 17:36, Akinomaki said:

Ura showed his new 4th one at the jungyo. He got it from the Urashima shrine in Kyoto, short Ura shrine - Ura in Urashima 浦島 is different, but in the short form Ura 宇良 is the same as his shikona - it's a shrine for Urashima Taro.

うらのかむやしろ Uranokamuyashiro is written on the mawashi under the shrine's symbol, that's an old reading for Ura jinja, Ura shrine.

This kesho mawashi of Ura is now on display in the hall of the Mizunoesato Urashima park in Ine-town, near the Ura shrine. This Mr. Nakamura (81) was the donor - he played as a child at the Urashima shrine and last April moved to Ine from Osaka - he regularly donated money for shrine repairs.

The kesho mawashi is woven as Hakata-ori, and to represent the Urashima tale, it shows a tortoise shell in a dark blue sea. Nakamura wanted to do something to cheer for the comeback of Ura and at the end of the year asked him if he could borrow it for this exhibition. http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/sightseeing/article/20180121000103

Edited January 23, 2018 by Akinomaki

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It's amazing how these things get around.

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On 1/23/2018 at 20:36, Akinomaki said:

This kesho mawashi of Ura is now on display in the hall of the Mizunoesato Urashima park in Ine-town, near the Ura shrine. Mr. Nakamura (81) was the donor - he played as a child at the Urashima shrine and last April moved to Ine from Osaka - he regularly donated money for shrine repairs.

The kesho mawashi is woven as Hakata-ori, and to represent the Urashima tale, it shows a tortoise shell in a dark blue sea. Nakamura wanted to do something to cheer for the comeback of Ura and at the end of the year asked him if he could borrow it for this exhibition.

Ura's kesho mawashi is on display in the restaurant next to the Ura shrine - an NHK news page with video: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kyoto/2014957321.html

- youtube-dl rtmp://flv.nhk.or.jp/ondemand/flv/lnews/kyoto/2014957321_20180206195354.mp4

Edited February 6, 2018 by Akinomaki

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On 8/12/2013 at 10:19, Akinomaki said:

Hakuho will get a keshō-mawashi set from the Nishiarai-daishi temple, each at least 10 million Yen worth, with a design by Japanese painter Toshio Matsuo (87). The one for the yokozuna with the sun, for tachi-mochi and tsuyu-harai with peony flowers like on the temple grounds.

Peonies are a specialty of the painter, for whom it is seen as the first keshō-mawashi design.

This set is now on display at an exhibition for the late Toshio Matsuo - and looks like the news about Hakuho's were incorrect: the painter was a friend of 44th yokozuna Tochinishiki, they were from the same generation, and was head of the Tamanoi-beya Tokyo koenkai since the active days of present Tamanoi-oyakata and also had designed a kesho mawashi for him as ozeki Tochiazuma - this kesho mawashi is also on display, and the paintings on which the designs are based.

http://nagasaki.keizai.biz/headline/1458/

http://www.nagasaki-museum.jp/exhibition/archives/745

the set for Hakuho

in use at the temple - with Tokitenku and Toyonoshima

the peonies kesho mawashi for Tochiazuma from 2009, also sponsored by the Nishiarai-daishi temple

Edited February 10, 2018 by Akinomaki

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An exhibition of kesho-mawashi, "Dohyo-iri of the Silk" is at the Nippon Silk Center in Takasaki http://www.nippon-kinunosato.or.jp/event_info/now_event/

till Apr. 8th, on the last day a talk-show with (now) local Asahiyama-oyakata (Kotonishiki), who has his own corner at the exhibition. http://www.jomo-news.co.jp/news/gunma/culture/37677

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On 3/7/2018 at 19:32, Akinomaki said:

An exhibition of kesho-mawashi, "Dohyo-iri of the Silk" is at the Nippon Silk Center in Takasaki

Another, even better news video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_uw6oYzO8

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1 minute ago, Akinomaki said:

Another, even better news video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_uw6oYzO8

I'll watch it when I get home. Thanks for this.

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The kesho mawashi Kurama got for makuuchi promotion from his local koenkai is on display till May 27th in his hometown Yasu, Shiga, together with other items from him. http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/sightseeing/article/20180410000072

for the event of 50 years since his dohyo debut http://mainichi.jp/articles/20180424/ddl/k25/050/500000c

Edited April 26, 2018 by Akinomaki

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Jumonji donated 2 kesho-mawashi he got from his local Hashikami town koenkai to his hometown, and got a thank-you letter in return. http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2018/20180614036659.asp

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Coach Harumafuji today donated a kesho-mawashi (and a tsuna) to the Yahiko shrine, where Isegahama-beya is having a training camp now. One from Japan New Alpha, a chain of pachinko parlors that also runs Rembrandt hotels, with his shikona and frame colors for an ozeki.  http://www.kenoh.com/2018/08/26_hounou.html

with a ceremony at the shrine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol6zx2Brjrc&t=1m

Edited August 26, 2018 by Akinomaki

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Ex-Kotomisen donated the kesho mawashi from his locals back to his hometown of Izumo. It shows the Izumo Dome in the Izumo plains. http://www.sanin-chuo.co.jp/www/contents/1543541827845/

with the mayor (right) and the head of the koenkai

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On 05/10/2018 at 17:33, Akinomaki said:

Ex-Saigo is busy doing PR for the Saitama jungyo, he is a promoter, and for that he has started a Saigo 彩豪ちゃんねるsumo channel on YouTube

Saigo shows one of his 2 old kesho-mawashi; from the Nakamura-beya koenkai, blue, with his shikona and a great kinboshi/gold star surrounded by 15 shiroboshi=wins - white stars - but the rare thing is that he shows also the back in full

Edited December 6, 2018 by Akinomaki

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1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

Saigo shows one of his 2 old kesho-mawashi; from the Nakamura-beya koenkai, blue, with his shikona and a great kinboshi/gold star surrounded by 15 shiroboshi=wins - white stars - but the rare thing is that he shows also the back in full 

I have long been looking for a description of the structural parts of the kesho-mawashi.  I wish I knew enough Japanese to follow his discussion. One question I have is, "Must the back side of the mawashi always be red?" The back sides (as opposed to the backsides) I have seen during the dohyo-iris have almost all been red.

Edited December 6, 2018 by Asojima

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19 minutes ago, Asojima said:

I have long been looking for a description of the structural parts of the kesho-mawashi.  I wish I knew enough Japanese to follow his discussion. One question I have is, "Must the back side of the mawashi always be red?" The back sides (as opposed to the backsides) I have seen during the dohyo-iris have almost all been red.

The back part is mostly red and gold - what Saigo showed in full is visible in part on top when the kesho mawashi are on display

On 04/06/2018 at 16:30, Akinomaki said:

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On 04/06/2018 at 16:30, Akinomaki said:

dragon designs on the usually hidden top: Touki, Chiyotaikai,  Chiyomaru and Chiyotairyu

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but the one of Takanosho shows that other designs are allowed as well

On 04/06/2018 at 16:30, Akinomaki said:

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Isn't it the case that red is a lucky colour in Japan?

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On 30/11/2018 at 15:50, Akinomaki said:

Ex-Kotomisen donated the kesho mawashi from his locals back to his hometown of Izumo. It shows the Izumo Dome in the Izumo plains.

The kesho mawashi and other items of Kotomisen are on display in the city hall of Izumo since Dec. 7th, planned to be for 1 year. http://www.city.izumo.shimane.jp/www/contents/1544767879501/index.html

Goo from Mainichi https://news.goo.ne.jp/article/mainichi_region/region/mainichi_region-20181224ddlk32050171000c.html

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Nakagawa-oyakata (Asahisato) has a corner at his old Ikeda middle school together with a K-1 fighter from the same school, with a kesho mawashi from the local koenkai on display. http://www.sankei.com/west/news/190318/wst1903180005-n1.html

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I really hope a good video will appear later of the NHK news Shibu5ji special on kesho mawashi yesterday - so far only an awful framed and bad video and audio one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfUwlgkDcU&t=46m50s

Many unique kesho mawashi were presented, especially weird were 2 of Asahiyutaka: one with illumination he had to turn on for the dohyo-iri, one with a real bottle (hyotan) dangling in front

What I really would like to have in more detail is the panel of 21 high school and university standard kesho mawashi shown in the end

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The news mentioned that autistic artist Kousuke Ohta's work "himawari" (sun flowers) had been used as the design for a kesho mawashi 3 years ago. Searching for that I found it on the site of the artist http://www.kousuke-ohta.com/picture

and the kesho mawashi mentioned in media coverage http://www.kousuke-ohta.com/media

so it was Amuru, thus we haven't seen much of this kesho mawashi - looking for kesho mawashi for Amuru I found it on the (ex-)okamisan blog of Onomatsu-beya  http://ameblo.jp/oonomatsu/entry-12524600132.html - the blog should be closed by now

She mentioned that the kesho mawashi of the heya's sekitori have the design of works of people preferred by the oyakata

Onosho has one with a leopard by graphic designer Shin Matsunaga (only a German entry: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Matsunaga) - even the wikipedia article of Onosho mentions this kesho mawashi https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/阿武咲奎也#エピソード

his NSK profile now has that with the Aomori nebuta designed by nebuta specialist Shunichi Kitamura

The one with the kanji 咲 sho of his shikona (saku - bloom) is from a calligraphy by the oyakata https://ameblo.jp/oonomatsu/entry-12524600927.html

Onosho also has a keiba kesho mawashi https://banei-keiba.or.jp/tp_detail.php?id=1631

with the horse Fujidai Victory フジダイビクトリー号

 

Daido's simply was from his senshu university, which has a very nice design  https://ameblo.jp/oonomatsu/entry-12524596728.html

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On the 11th an "Kashiwado - Oiwato" exhibition started in the Kashiwado memorial hall in Tsuruoka, the hometown of the 2 (their original ones were swallowed). 2 kesho mawashi of Oiwato are on display, visible the one from his local koenkai that shows Mt. Gassan, on the right is one from his high school.

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Edited October 14, 2019 by Akinomaki

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The kesho mawashi of Takekaze, on display at his intai-zumo event

Edited April 12, 2020 by Akinomaki

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Video in English - a special kesho-mawashi exhibit at the Osaka Science Museum - made just for that

Edited April 17, 2020 by Akinomaki

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On 02/11/2017 at 18:04, Akinomaki said:

Recently retired Wakanoshima donated the kesho mawashi he got from his local Tatsugo koenkai to his hometown http://373news.com/_news/?storyid=88137

Daiamami is also from Tatsugo, the dragon town, and he got a kesho mawashi for Haru 2017 with the same dragon head design from his local koenkai - he wore it at the end of the July basho

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Some nice finds from my recent kesho mawashi google expedition

Tochiozan had one from the Umano Orthopedic clinic - Uma means horse, the clinic has one as a logo as well

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Roho had one from Aeroflot, showing a plane at the Kremlin  

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A yokozuna set of Chiyonoyama - tiger on white ground o  donor 津島 横井

 

Kesho mawashi produced by the Hakata-ori company Ogawaya: specialist on rikishi wear from jonokuchi to yokozuna

Kitanofuji - from the Osaka inc. company Anogumi 阿野組

Myobudani - from his Kyushu koenkai

Takamiyama - from the Amami Oshima koenkai

A yokozuna set of Mienoumi - from his Osaka koenkai

Takanohana I - from the old home 郷土 koenkai

Konishiki - from his Osaka koenkai

Kaio - from his local Nogata koenkai

Edited August 24, 2020 by Akinomaki

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Ex-Kizenryu on the 15th donated the kesho mawashi he got from his local koenkai for his first juryo promotion after Haru 2013, back to his hometown Zentsuji http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa_news/locality/article.aspx?id=20200916000166

at the city hall

Edited September 16, 2020 by Akinomaki