Oh! Sumo Exhibition overview

[Akinomaki 39,802]

 

On 4/24/2018 at 19:18, Akinomaki said:

Just where and when I want it: at the Takashima-ya in Kashiwa, during the golden week, when I'm staying just around the corner: another OH! Sumo Exhibition - by Toei co., backed by the Kashiwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the NSK, BBM publisher, TSUNA free sumo magazine, Hochi Shimbun and the Hamanakakonpou freight traffic co.

on display things like a kesho mawashi from Kisenosato (which used to get ordered for him from Takashima-ya)

and one of his tsuna and one from Chiyonofuji

With extra events, on the 30th with Kashiwa local boy Takanosho, on the 4th 2 sumo ji writing performances by a gyoji, for 20 persons each

but not free entry: 600 yen for the exhibition

http://mainichi.jp/articles/20180423/pls/00m/020/260000c

more pics: https://news.walkerplus.com/article/144993/images

On 4/28/2018 at 15:18, Akinomaki said:

the Oh! sumo exhibition in Kashiwa is under way

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I went there of course for the extra (and free) event on the 4th: Sadogatake-beya's ms gyoji Shikimori Kinosuke writing your preferred kanji word in sumo-ji for you, as a present

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at the entrance, the gyoji event application corner - 3 open slots remain, at the entrance wall

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A tsuna of Kisenosato, one of Chiyonofuji (looks quite old in comparison) and a part of one of Hakuho, the mage of Chiyotaikai

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Tegata with signs of the 69th-72nd yokozuna Hakuho, Harumafuji, Kakuryu, Kisenosato; the 15 Hatsu-basho'18 oo-iri-bukuro for the media at a full house day

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Kesho mawashi: Kisenosato ..., Yoshikaze ..., Takanosho ... - details later

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Wall with Kototsurugi illustrations, from walls with: nishiki-e - sekitori and heya yukata designs (Chiyootori) - details later

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Kensho: a set of Nagatanien kensho banners,  the information panel for kensho, kensho envelopes (Yoshikaze's big bundle from Kisenosato at this Hatsu basho - 39)

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Sekitori some-nuki kimono: Kotoyuki, Yoshikaze, Kotoshogiku, Gojoro

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Ita-banzuke for Kyushu 1975, with Kashiwa local Kirinji haridashi sekiwake

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Gojoro's shimekomi: the mawashi of a sekitori at the torikumi, with sagari; tokoyama items

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Gyoji and yobidashi - Gyoji-attire, -akeni and gumbai, yobidashi attire

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Yobidashi items: taiko, chikara-mizu, salt, swiping and watering the dohyo

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White keiko mawashi- and zabuton of a sekitori (Touki)

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Heya corners: Sadogatake - Kokonoe - details later

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"heya" of Sumo expert-fans: Mitsuru Yaku collection,  Nishida from Kinboshi - details later

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Exit - Souvenirs: figures of the 3 yokozuna and Mitakeumi replacing Harumafuji

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Edited May 7, 2018 by Akinomaki

[d_golem 213]

That last photo of the figurines, they look very well done, no? How much are they each?

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On 5/6/2018 at 03:23, d_golem said:

That last photo of the figurines, they look very well done, no? How much are they each?

Yes, well done - and with the corresponding price: 11 111 Yen: before tax - I thought it a bargain at the exhibition, but what you pay is the same as at the kokugikan shop: 12 000 Yen with tax http://shop.kokugikan.jp/?mode=cate&cbid=809144&csid=0

Edited May 7, 2018 by Akinomaki

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On 05/05/2018 at 16:39, Akinomaki said:

another OH! Sumo Exhibition - by Toei co., backed by the Kashiwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the NSK, BBM publisher, TSUNA free sumo magazine, Hochi Shimbun and the Hamanakakonpou freight traffic co.

on display things like a kesho mawashi from Kisenosato (which used to get ordered for him from Takashima-ya)

and one of his tsuna and one from Chiyonofuji

With extra events, on the 30th with Kashiwa local boy Takanosho, on the 4th 2 sumo ji writing performances by a gyoji, for 20 persons each

but not free entry: 600 yen for the exhibition

I've compiled a list of sites with pics of the March exhibition - it was mostly the same, no VR sumo experience this time and 400 Yen cheaper.

On 24/02/2018 at 18:38, Akinomaki said:

On March 3rd, the Ｏｈ！ＳＵＭＯ　ＥＸＨＩＢＩＴＩＯＮ starts at a Kintetsu department store in Osaka - till the 18th, advance tickets are 800 yen for adults and 300 yen for kids - on the day 200 yen more for each.

with VR sumo experience on a nearly real size dohyo: a pseudo bout against a yokozuna - limit of 15 people per hour

I finished posting all pics to my twitter now and will make another overview of them later.

Difference in kesho-mawashi: then local Goeido (and Sadanoumi's Kumamon), now local Takanosho (and one more of Chiyotaikai apparently) - and a funny detail: the kesho mawashi of Ichinojo was the only item at the exhibition with a "photographing not allowed" sign - it was still allowed in Osaka.

the video from Osaka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHi_SI--eKM:  

Osaka pics - on twitter:

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- on sites and blogs:

https://ohsumo.info/exhibition/

http://ameblo.jp/polaris-pora/entry-12357223843.html

http://ameblo.jp/tigersbuffaloes/theme-10068281652.html

http://www.o-sumo.site/event/ozumoten_20180309/

http://brali-takarazuka.blog.jp/archives/ohsumoten180315.html

http://abeno.keizai.biz/headline/2801/

Edited December 24, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,802]

Details from the OH! Sumo Exhibition in Kashiwa. Special cooperation for these events can be seen as from Yoshikaze; Sadaogatake-beya, esp. Hamakaze-oyakata (Gojoro) and Kototsurugi; Kokonoe-beya, esp. the oyakata, Chiyotaikai.

First the kesho mawashi on display - 2 for Kisenosato

from ジーク証券 - Sieg (=win in German) Securities (before 2009), with Mt. Fuji and a Zero fighter plane

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for ozeki Kisenosato from the Naruto-beya koenkai - with yume - dream

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for Kotoshogiku from his personal koenkai

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for Yoshikaze from his local Saiki koenkai end of 2005, with the city's symbol, the tied Couple Rocks  夫婦岩としめ縄 of BungoFutamigaura 豊後二見ヶ浦 - he signed the glass case as he came to the exhibition

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for Chiyotairyu from the medical corporation Shishoukai 医療法人 至捷会: Kimura Hospital, which had connections to Kokonoe-oyakata (Chiyonofuji)

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for Chiyomaru from Goyu Plant Industry Co.Ltd.

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I guess the sponsor has severed the connection to Ichinojo - the baby star one had "photographing not allowed", so I use my old post instead to show it (the left one)

On 3/5/2015 at 20:16, Akinomaki said:

Ichinojo got 2 new kesho mawashi from Oyatsu Co., for which he made a baby star ramen "dodekai (giant) ramen" CM recently.
One like a baby star ramen CM, one like a kesho mawashi.
He apparently likes the one with the "ba(b)y-chan" character: "a resemblance, maybe?"

2 for Chiyotaikai, both from the Tokai Kokonoe koenkai

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for Gojoro from his Tohoku high school, with the design of Sendai symbol and hero Date Masamune - and the school mark

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for Touki, donor name Shunsei

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for Kashiwa local Takanosho from the Kashiwa koenkai. Kototsurugi design and the city mascot Kashiwani

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

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Nagatanien kensho banners are slightly different for each product - the differences in detail from the 3 of them on display

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Yoshikaze's big bundle of 39 kensho envelopes from Kisenosato, Hatsu 2018

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gyoji attire details

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Yukata designs

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Hakuho

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Tagonoura, Oguruma

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Kisenosato, Takayasu

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Goeido, Tochiozan, Tochinoshin

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Ichinojo

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Chiyootori (the first also Chiyomaru)

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Chiyomaru, Chiyoshoma, Chiyonokuni, Chiyotairyu

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Kokonoe (with shikona of all sekitori  at the time), Chiyotaikai, Chiyonofuji

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from the Sadogatake-beya corner: 2 of Sadogatake-beya and an actual yukata from Kotoyuki

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Edited June 5, 2018 by Akinomaki

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the last part - some impressions of the rooms and walls

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Maybe half of the explanation panels had QR codes to display an English explanation on a smart phone, but none of the extra info boxes to open

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kimarite wall, tsuna display

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nishiki-e wall

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kesho-mawashi -> kensho banners -> kimono, Kototsurugi wall

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kimono details: Yoshikaze with the wind god from the Wind God and Thunder God screens, Kotoyuki with a dragon, Kotoshogiku with a carp

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zabuton and mawashi on display - black that of a lower ranked rikishi

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Hochi shimbun front pages, Kototsurugi: Sadogatake-beya, shitaku-beya (end parts)

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heya corners: more from Sadogatake
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Kotoshogiku akeni, Sadogatake-beya towel (Kototsurugi design)

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Gojoro zabuton (in the heya as Hamakaze-oyakata), Kotoyuki towel

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Kokonoe

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calligraphy of Kokonoe-oyakata with tegata of the rikishi

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 Chiyomaru towel, Chiyotairyu towel

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Chiyonofuji relief, name plate, golden tegata and sake masu to celebrate his 60th birthday (kanreki)

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Chiyotaikai bronze statue (used in a film), name plate from the kokugikan electric scoreboard, akeni

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the yusho portrait on display with the tsuna part of Hakuho is the  size on sale, the one of Wajima from the Yaku Mitsuru collection is the size the rikishi get

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Mitsuru Yaku collection

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with a "Yaku" akeni and several silly items

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glasses used by Takamisakari, apple juice can signed (and crushed?) by Kaio, shiitake from Wakanohana, 1 portion of salt wrapped by Mitoizumi himself, silicon received from Mainoumi, a can from Mongolia with the photo of Chiyotaikai, some bandage used by Wakanohana, oicho parts of Kirishima and of Konishiki (tiny, but a bigger box), a piranha signed by Asahikuni (that was his nickname)

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Konishiki shirt - made from a yukata design based on Yaku's illustration, Takamisakari shirt, Daishoho shirt, Aminishiki cast

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Kinboshi Nishida akeni with items, Tanabe"-beya" corner with akeni and her sumo memorabilia

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23 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Chiyootori

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The first one is Chiyomaru's.

Edit: thank you for posting the pics. An enjoyable virtual tour!

Edited June 5, 2018 by orandashoho

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5 minutes ago, orandashoho said:

The first one is Chiyomaru's.

Indeed, it has both Chiyomaru and Chiyootori on it - only the phoenix had caught my eye, not the maru (circle)

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On 5/5/2018 at 17:39, Akinomaki said:

 

I went there of course for the extra (and free) event on the 4th: Sadogatake-beya's ms gyoji Shikimori Kinosuke writing your preferred kanji word in sumo-ji for you, as a present

 

Thanks for the great pics, Akinomaki!

A bit of an off-topic question: I will be in Japan from 12 June to 27 June. I was really hoping to plan my trip such that I would be able to watch at least a few days of the Nagoya basho, but alas! It's not to be. Is there, by any chance, an event or something where I could watch sumo during my trip? The only sumo related activities that I have planned so far are just trips to the sumo museum and watching asa-geiko through the windows at Arashio Beya.     

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6 minutes ago, Adil said:

I will be in Japan from 12 June to 27 June. I was really hoping to plan my trip such that I would be able to watch at least a few days of the Nagoya basho, but alas! It's not to be. Is there, by any chance, an event or something where I could watch sumo during my trip? The only sumo related activities that I have planned so far are just trips to the sumo museum and watching asa-geiko through the windows at Arashio Beya. 

I will post the news of pre-Nagoya events in the "PR for Nagoya " thread  - nothing so far. No jungyo this time of the year, there will be training camps at several locations, before they all move to Nagoya and around when the banzuke gets published - but during your stay, asa-geiko should take place mainly at the Tokyo locations of all heya.

[Kawabata 270]

This is fantastic

 

I take its not something that would be available for the general public to buy though...?

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On 24/12/2018 at 17:50, Akinomaki said:

The Oh!sumo exhibition at the Ikebukuro Sunshine city had Mitakeumi as guest today.

the other had day a talk-show with 3 oyakata, who are more or less related to the exhibition - Asakayama (Kaio), Kokonoe (Chiyotaikai) and Sendagawa (Touki)

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Touki has a kesho-mawashi on display, Kokonoe has a heya corner and even the mage of Chiyotaikai is there 

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Otokonoyama found the pics from TheSumoSoul, who went to the recent exhibition - interesting to see the slight differences in the exhibits each time - and especially 5 more kesho-mawashi !

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Edited January 10, 2019 by Akinomaki

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These seems to be have been new at the exhibition - photo shoot options

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and there was again the service to have your preferred kanji (usually a name) written by Sadogatake-beya'a Shikimori Kinosuke: somebody posted a video - he requested the full shikona of Abi (with Masatora) 阿炎政虎 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dljCCa5vS0Q

Edited January 8, 2019 by Akinomaki

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On 06/01/2019 at 09:21, Akinomaki said:

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This art is also new - as was the one above

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more signed kesho mawashi cases this time

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Edited January 13, 2019 by Akinomaki