Akinomaki 39,797 Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) On 2.3.2017 at 18:17, Akinomaki said: On 28.2.2017 at 14:20, Akinomaki said: the Kotsurugi designed Japonica sumo note books have Kisenosato varieties now, And Kise got a pack of them as a present for his 31st birthday today o actually it's this year's birthday cake o comment: "Cakes do evolve" o o o o o oo o o o o o o o Edited July 4, 2017 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted July 4, 2017 The picture banzuke for Nagoya now is the season for Takayasu goods - but will they sell as good as Kise goods? on the yokozuna/ozeki set ozeki cup now o o o oo o o oo o o ooo o o o 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,815 Posted July 4, 2017 Has the artist of the picture banzuke changed? Looks much more sloppy than they used to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakaebala 151 Posted July 4, 2017 4 hours ago, Akinomaki said: The picture banzuke for Nagoya Could somebody, who can read kanji, help me about the gyoji's name? Also, who are those guys at the two bottom corners? Would they be main yobidashi? Can somebody please tell me their names also? Thanks, in advance! (I promise you, I'll start learning japanese, focusing on reading any kanji - I'm starting to recognize Hakuho's name written. But that's the easiest one, anyway...) :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 18,786 Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jakusotsu said: Has the artist of the picture banzuke changed? Looks much more sloppy than they used to be. Same artist. Maybe the printing quality has gone down? Or possibly it's just a bad scan. (I should say, the same artist is still being credited for it. Can't guarantee that it's actually the same person doing it, of course.) Edited July 4, 2017 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) 20 hours ago, Wakaebala said: Could somebody, who can read kanji, help me about the gyoji's name? Also, who are those guys at the two bottom corners? Would they be main yobidashi? Can somebody please tell me their names also? in the middle below on top of course the tate-gyoji, being just one at the moment, the 4 below the sanyaku gyoji, ranks going down always east to west (right to left) according to the list: http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataKyokaiMember/gyoji Yobidashi in the lower corners accordingly http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataKyokaiMember/yobidashi If there are 2 (fuku-)tate-gyoji and -yobidashi, they will have them together in the upper row/right corner. I hadn't realized that there still isn't a 2nd top yobidashi either now. (The last 9 banzuke have only 1 each, took me a while to find one with 2 each - the sample used for how one looks) A new Takayasu item: Takayasu bread - Kise: the chocolate chest hair looks delicious o Edited July 5, 2017 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RabidJohn 1,665 Posted July 5, 2017 17 hours ago, Asashosakari said: Maybe the printing quality has gone down? Or possibly it's just a bad scan. That doesn't explain why Ura's got such a small head... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wakaebala 151 Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) 21 hours ago, Akinomaki said: in the middle below on top of course the tate-gyoji, being just one at the moment, the 4 below the sanyaku gyoji, ranks going down always east to west (right to left) according to the list: http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataKyokaiMember/gyoji Yobidashi in the lower corners accordingly http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataKyokaiMember/yobidashi If there are 2 (fuku-)tate-gyoji and -yobidashi, they will have them together in the upper row/right corner. I hadn't realized that there still isn't a 2nd top yobidashi either now. (The last 9 banzuke have only 1 each, took me a while to find one with 2 each - the sample used for how one looks) Top man! Thanks for the fast answer! :) Edited July 6, 2017 by Wakaebala Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,809 Posted August 30, 2017 web cartoonist doskoikumasan has made her mini-Kisenosato available for printing. Unfortunately, it can only be done in Japan. Here is what you get. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) New Kototsurugi goods the portraits with tegata of Mitakeumi and Ura o o o and t-shirts of the 2 o o Kototsurugi also designed the cover for a book that aims to profit from next year's taiga drama - Leadership the Segodon way o Yoshikaze stickers, designed and produced for him by a friend, which he gives away as presents o Edited September 3, 2017 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiger Tanaka 222 Posted September 4, 2017 Anyone know where I can get that Mitakeumi tegata? When I visited Tokyo in May for the Natsu basho, they only had the hand-print version without his picture. The new tegata looks great and would really like one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted September 4, 2017 26 minutes ago, Tiger Tanaka said: Anyone know where I can get that Mitakeumi tegata? It's new, so likely from the Aki basho on in the kokugikan souvenir shops. It is not yet on the kokugikan shop site http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?mode=cate&cbid=809150&csid=4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) The picture banzuke for Aki new from Kototsurugi: Yoshikaze in the magnet series o Shibatayama-oyakata at talk-show did PR for that new special(ly expensive) edition of a special Sumo history book from 1964 ( only 300 get printed, 54 000Yen) o o Edited September 9, 2017 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted October 14, 2017 (edited) The separate souvenir shop in/at the kokugikan (with extra entrance) is open again o o o o goods on sale at the jungyo (Kanazawa) o o o 10L size underwear (Konishiki had that size, Orora now) in the Lion-do shop with goods especially for rikishi o a 10L vase as a present for Hakuho - named "Hakuho Sho" o An app with face recognition for rikishi has now reached 95% exactness for makuuchi o Edited October 14, 2017 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,809 Posted October 15, 2017 an upcoming book on the late Chiyonofuji:https://www.amazon.co.jp/千代の富士トレジャーブック-九重部屋後援会事務局/dp/4908580022/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493435518&sr=1-1&keywords=相撲 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted October 15, 2017 On the 11th, chanko-nabe Tamanoi-beya style went on sale at Aeon retail stores http://www.tamanoi.com/?p=917 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted November 6, 2017 The picture banzuke for Kyushu o new Kototsurugi goods - a new Ura design o o - and the Kototsurugi o-sumo-san calender 2018 o o o not to be confused with the NSK ozumo calender 2018 - NSK twitter pics from the photo shoot for that calender: Ikioi, Mitakeumi, Yutakayama o o o other new goods: the mame-rikishi straps for Chiyomaru, Onosho and Asanoyama o o 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) Today new on sale - Tagonoura-beya chanko ramen - as Sapporo ichiban o o o will go on sale in December - the Mitakeumi doll o no goods, but a chanko restaurant, with Kainowaka o o o Edited November 13, 2017 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted December 10, 2017 Mitakeumi's local official sponsor since Feb. 2016 has produced (cheer for) Mitakeumi goods - Ohtaki group, which runs restaurant and soba shops (they regularly serve "cheer for Mitakeumi"-chanko http://ohtaki-gp.net/info/2017/05/post-71.php): A white (as shiroboshi = win) daruma (for luck) in 2 sizes and 2 types of keyholders. http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO2376003021112017L31000/ http://ohtaki-gp.net/info/2017/11/post-90.php Only slightly sumo related are this aprons in the style of Kisenosato's Hokuto-no-ken yokozuna kesho-mawashi set. To be reserved now and available from Feb. 9th on. http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1711/22/news053.html original 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) On 9/9/2017 at 16:51, Akinomaki said: Shibatayama-oyakata at talk-show did PR for that new special(ly expensive) edition of a special Sumo history book from 1964 ( only 300 get printed, 54 000Yen) Another even more special sumo book will go on sale on Dec. 26th with an event at a Ginza book store: only 150 get printed this time and for 185 000 Yen: the sumo museum collection selection of nishiki-e, 324 pages in A3 format and in a luxurious box. Again Shibatayama-oyakata will be there for the PR event (and Mitsuru Yaku). http://music-book.jp/book/news/news/169140 Edit: the history book is still available on the kokugikan shop site: http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?pid=120433738 Edited December 16, 2017 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kawika 123 Posted December 15, 2017 anyone know where to buy these at a reasonable price? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,809 Posted December 16, 2017 5 hours ago, kawika said: anyone know where to buy these at a reasonable price? at the kokugikan (and they sell out very fast). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,809 Posted December 16, 2017 Kototsurugi's newest publication: Sumo meshihttps://www.amazon.co.jp/相撲めし－おすもうさんは食道楽－-琴剣-淳弥/dp/4594078761/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513359283&sr=1-1&keywords=相撲 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kawika 123 Posted December 16, 2017 1 hour ago, rhyen said: Kototsurugi's newest publication: Sumo meshihttps://www.amazon.co.jp/相撲めし－おすもうさんは食道楽－-琴剣-淳弥/dp/4594078761/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513359283&sr=1-1&keywords=相撲 Amazon JP, yes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 39,797 Posted February 17, 2018 The kokugikan attached shop opened for sales of goods only available in the kokugikan o o o especially the famous kokugikan yakitori - stays delicious the whole day of sumo oo the yakitori production in the basement factory of the kokugikan - they are looking for additional staff o o o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
