Akinomaki 40,508 Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seiyashi said: You know, on relooking this, I at first thought this was a book, and then wondered how cool it would be to have a book compilation of all the printed banzuke sheets over the years, like an almanac. Impractical to update, sure, but wow. Before the NSK took over this task, there were the official publishers of the banzuke, and the old ones are in collections as part of a book Maybe the NSK will remember this part of sumo history and revives these books some day - with the size of the banzuke now they have to be in size A3 though, with one banzuke on a double page, e.g. 5 years in one, 60 pages Edited April 26, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,087 Posted April 28, 2022 New sumo publication: Heisei shin-nyūmaku rikishi monogatari. It has the four early Heisei yokozuna on the cover - the Waka-Taka brothers, Musashimaru, and akebono. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Seiyashi said: New sumo publication: Heisei shin-nyūmaku rikishi monogatari. It has the four early Heisei yokozuna on the cover - the Waka-Taka brothers, Musashimaru, and akebono. For the first 5 years of Heisei the 1st of 5 of the follow-up series from BaseBall Magazine to Post-war shin-nyūmaku rikishi monogatari, which goes till the end of Showa, also 5 volumes. Among my favourite sumo books, I have the first 4. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaitetsu 294 Posted May 5, 2022 Picture Banzuke for Natsu 2022. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted June 17, 2022 The NSK via the official fan-club started selling ordered nameplates written in sumoji by a gyoji, just the name for 11 000yen, name & address 16500 yen. On the back: quality product made by NSK. http://hochi.news/articles/20220617-OHT1T51117.html?page=1 oyakata names as example, Shibatayama with (real?) address 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,087 Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: Shibatayama with (real?) address No, that's the Kokugikan's address - or at least the numerical component of it, with the yokozuna bit of it presumably an in-joke relating to Shibatayama's rank. https://www.google.com/maps/search/yokozuna+1+chome/@35.6963327,139.7948819,19z Edited June 17, 2022 by Seiyashi 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seiyashi said: No, that's the Kokugikan's address - or at least the numerical component of it, with the yokozuna bit of it presumably an in-joke relating to Shibatayama's rank. https://www.google.com/maps/search/yokozuna+1+chome/@35.6963327,139.7948819,19z That is the usual miss one makes with that address, I always read Yokoami 横網 as yokozuna 横綱 first, but it is a proper address - indeed the address of the kokugikan. I thought it might be the address of Shibatayama-beya. Edited June 17, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,087 Posted June 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: That is the usual miss one makes with that address, I always read Yokoami 横網 as yokozuna 横綱 first, but it is a proper address - indeed the address of the kokugikan. I thought it might be the address of Shibatayama-beya. Bloody hell, you need a magnifying glass to see that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted June 18, 2022 18 hours ago, Seiyashi said: Bloody hell, you need a magnifying glass to see that! The NSK posted with a readable resolution 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dada78641 884 Posted June 19, 2022 This one's quite old (from 6 years ago) but a sumo account I follow on Twitter posted what I can only assume is called the Hak Mac. (OK, it's actually called the Grand Big Mac but it should've been called the Hak Mac.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) Covered and discussed in detail 6 years ago, Giga Mac would be the Hak Mac, not this simple one On 31/03/2016 at 11:04, Akinomaki said: the new McHakuho http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1603/31/news107.html Maybe new kensho banners will be made for this. On 31/03/2016 at 18:08, Akinomaki said: Not only the CM announcement, Hakuho went to the PR event in Shibuya for this. Giga-mac is the size that Hakuho proposed, with double the amount of meet of the grand-big-mac (1.3 the size of a big-mac), for which Hakuho did the CM (see above). Edited June 19, 2022 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted June 19, 2022 I'm not surprised that Hakuho proposed a burger with double the amount of meat. Those Mongolians like lots of meat. If I recall, during one of Hakuho's Yusho interviews, he made a comment to that effect ----- that after the Yusho, he wanted to go eat lots of meat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,840 Posted June 19, 2022 31 minutes ago, sumojoann said: I'm not surprised that Hakuho proposed a burger with double the amount of meat. Those Mongolians like lots of meat. If I recall, during one of Hakuho's Yusho interviews, he made a comment to that effect ----- that after the Yusho, he wanted to go eat lots of meat. The staple diet is meat and dairy products (nomadic food): mutton, goat, beef; cow or mare's milk, etc. Most breads and grains are borrowed from other cultures (as is vodka). Observant Jews should maybe bring their own food along. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted June 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Yamanashi said: The staple diet is meat and dairy products (nomadic food): mutton, goat, beef; cow or mare's milk, etc. Most breads and grains are borrowed from other cultures (as is vodka). Observant Jews should maybe bring their own food along. Yes, that's right. When I first became a fan of Hakuho, I became very interested in Mongolian culture and language. That's what motivated me to learn how to speak a little Mongolian. It came in handy when I was able to meet him and have lunch with him. But my biggest fear was that he was going to offer me their traditional drink --- airag, fermented mare's milk! lol Instead, he just offered me a beeru. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted July 7, 2022 Quite late in the kokugikan shop: the picture banzuke for Nagoya 22 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,969 Posted July 7, 2022 For the first time I realized that many pictures are copy-pasted (because of Hoshoryu breaking the fourth wall again). Terunofuji newTakakeisho new Mitakeumi sameShodai new Wakatakakage sameDaieisho new Hoshoryu same Abi same Kiribayama same Takanosho sameKotonowaka newIchinojo newTamawashi newUra new Wakamotoharu same Takayasu sameEndo new Sadanoumi same Aoiyama same Tobizaru same Okinoumi sameHokutofuji new Tochinoshin same Nishikigi same Shimanoumi same Kotoeko sameChiyotairyu new Meisei same Kotoshoho same Midorifuji sameTerutsuyoshi new Takarafuji same (but with a slightly different kesho) Ichiyamamoto same Chiyoshoma same Myogiryu same Onosho sameOho newYutakayama new (...and most "new" pictures use the same template with a different kesho-mawashi.) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,087 Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) I assume the ebanzuke is digitally drawn, so asset recycling would make sense. Otherwise it's quite a bit of work to have to redraw every rikishi for every basho, isn't it? Not that I'm suggesting the gyoji should adopt a similar approach for writing the banzuke... Edited July 7, 2022 by Seiyashi 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jomangor 29 Posted July 7, 2022 6 hours ago, Seiyashi said: I assume the ebanzuke is digitally drawn, so asset recycling would make sense. Otherwise it's quite a bit of work to have to redraw every rikishi for every basho, isn't it? Not that I'm suggesting the gyoji should adopt a similar approach for writing the banzuke... It looks here as though still done by hand, though this video is a bit old at this point. Since new e-banzukes are being made, perhaps it's still relevant. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 4,087 Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Jomangor said: It looks here as though still done by hand, though this video is a bit old at this point. Since new e-banzukes are being made, perhaps it's still relevant. If it's still being done the same way, then his little photo album of stock rikishi cutouts is exactly what I had in mind when I mentioned asset recycling. Except maybe analogue rather than digital, but the same idea's there. Edited July 7, 2022 by Seiyashi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted September 6, 2022 The picture banzuke for Aki 2022 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RabidJohn 1,787 Posted September 7, 2022 I was unaware Ichinojo suffered from jaundice. And someone ought to tell him that smearing butter on one's face and moobs isn't a good look. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) This basho new t-shirts etc. for a younger audience will be on sale, Be At Tokyo project fashion, in collaboration with Abema. Also on sale at the Be At Studio Harajuku shop. http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/subculture/2022/09/06/0015615054.shtml More pics: https://be-at-tokyo.com/projects/event/10250/ http://www.fashionsnap.com/article/2022-09-07/beattokyo-sumo/ Edited September 7, 2022 by Akinomaki 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumojoann 1,264 Posted September 7, 2022 These are really cool t-shirts. For years, I've been hoping they would jazz things up a little. I especially like the Wakatakakage, Ura and Tobizaru shirt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yarimotsu 578 Posted September 7, 2022 It seems they will go on sale online during the basho, if my quick google translate is to be believed. I'd really like to get one of those simple ozumo shirts in the second picture Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,508 Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, sumojoann said: These are really cool t-shirts. For years, I've been hoping they would jazz things up a little. I especially like the Wakatakakage, Ura and Tobizaru shirt. That is not a shirt but a clear file and poster. T-shirts are with T., the 3 Os and this one plus the plain ones Edited September 7, 2022 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites