Autographs of rikishi - help with recognition

[Pyapuchuuhou 1]

Hello everyone,

I recently got 4 notebooks full of rikishi autographs. Many of them I am able to recognize, but each notebook contains over 100 autographs. I picked the first notebook and took a picture of each autograph here:
Part 1: 1 to 59
Part 2: 60 to 103

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with recognition.
As you can see, each image is numbered and here is the list of autographs already recognized:
1 - Takanohana II
2 - Chiyotaikai
3 - Ajigawa (Asahifuji)
4 - Onokuni
5 - Kirishima I
6 - Kaio
7 - Wakanohana III
8 - Musashimaru
9 - Takanonami
10 - Hokuten'yu
11 - Mitoizumi
12 - Kumao
13 - Daikiko
14 - Tochitenko (uncertain)
15 - Kushimaumi
16 - Tochinowaka
17 - Tochitsukasa
18 - Oginohana
19 - Kotoryu (uncertain)
20 - Ryogoku
21 - Ryukozan
22 - 
23 - Kyokudozan
24 - Owakamatsu
25 - Kotonowaka I
26 - Kotohakuzan
27 - Ozutsu
28 - Wakahanada
29 - Takahanada
30 - Akinoshima
31 - 
32 - 
33 - Daishoyama
34 - Daijuyama
35 - Kotonishiki
36 - Mainoumi
37 - Toyonoumi
38 - Kotogaume
39 - Yamamotoyama
40 - 
41 - Wakasegawa
42 - Tokitsunada
43 - Tachihikari
44 - 
45 - Oginishiki
46 - Wakashoyo
47 - Tomoefuji
48 - Terao
49 - Sakahoko
50 - Kitakachidoki
51 - 
52 - Kotofuji (uncertain)
53 - Takamisugi
54 - Naminohana
55 - Misugisato
56 - Hoshitango
57 - Chokairyu (uncertain)
58 - Kotobeppu
59 - Hidenoumi
60 - Hitachiyru
61 - Takatoriki
62 - Wakashimazu (very uncertain)
63 - Asanowaka
64 - Asanonami
65 - Musoyama
66 - Isegahama
67 - Kaio
68 - Kotobeppu
69 - Daizen
70 - Asahiyutaka
71 - 
72 - Kyokutenho
73 - Kyokushuzan
74 - 
75 - Wakanojo
76 - Yamato (George Kalima)
77 - Tomonohana
78 - 
79 - Daishoho
80 - Asahiyutaka
81 - Akinoshu
82 - Shikishima
83 - Chiyotenzan
84 - Kaido (uncertain)
85 - 
86 - Tamakasuga
87 - Kotoryu
88 - Gojoro
89 - Chiyotenzan (uncertain)
90 - Tochiazuma
91 - Miyabiyama
92 - Takanowaka
93 - Tochinonada
94 - Higonoumi
95 - Buyuzan
96 - 
97 - 
98 - Wakanosato
99 - Minatofuji
100 - Toki
101 - Asashoryu
102 - Ryuho (uncertain)
103 - Aminishiki

Recognized - 91/103 (88%)

I will update this post with each new recognition.
Thank you.

Edited 1 hour ago by Pyapuchuuhou

[Kamitsuumi 408]

9 hours ago, Pyapuchuuhou said:

1 - Takanohana II
2 - Chiyotaikai
3 - Ajigawa (Asahifuji)
4 - Onokuni
5 - Kirishima I
6 - Kaio
7 - Wakanohana III
8 - Musashimaru
9 - Takanonami
10 - Hokuten'yu
11 - Mitoizumi
12 - Kumao
13 - Daikiko
14 - 
15 - Kushimaumi
16 - Tochinowaka
17 - Tochitsukasa
18 - Oginohana
19 - 
20 - Ryogoku
21 - Ryukozan
22 -
23 - Kyokudozan
24 - Owakamatsu
25 - Kotonowaka I
26 - Kotohakuzan
27 - Ozutsu
28 - Wakahanada
29 - Takahanada
30 - Akinoshima
31 - 
32 - 
33 - Daishoyama
34 - 
35 - Kotonishiki
36 - Daijuyama
37 - Toyonoumi
38 - Kotomitsuki
39 - Yamamotoyama
40 - 
41 - Wakasegawa
42 - Tokitsunada
43 - 
44 - 
45 - Oginishiki
46 - Wakashoyo
47 - Tomoefuji
48 - Terao
49 - Sakahoko
50 - Kitakachidoki
51 - 
52 - 
53 - Takamisugi
54 - Naminohana
55 - Misugisato
56 - Hoshitango
57 - Chokairyu (?)
58 - 
59 - Hidenoumi
60 - Hitachiryu
61 - Takatoriki
62 - 
63 - Asanowaka
64 - Asanonami
65 - Musoyama
66 - Isegahama
67 - Kaio
68 - 
69 - 
70 - Asahiyutaka
71 - 
72 - Kyokutenho
73 - Kyokushuzan
74 - 
75 - Wakanojo
76 - 
77 - Tomonohana
78 - 
79 - Daishoho
80 - Asahiyutaka
81 - Akinoshu
82 - Shikishima
83 - Chiyotenzan
84 - 
85 - 
86 - 
87 - 
88 - Gojoro
89 - 
90 - Tochiazuma
91 - Miyabiyama
92 - Takanowaka
93 - Tochinonada
94 - Higonoumi
95 - Buyuzan
96 - 
97 - 
98 - Wakanosato
99 - 
100 - Toki
101 - Asashoryu
102 - 
103 - Aminishiki

I will update this post with each new recognition.
Thank you.

 

[John Gunning 3,698]

I'll go through them when I have more time but at a quick glance I can see...

 

34 - Daijuyama

38 - Kotogaume (not Kotomitsuki)

68 - Kotobeppu

76 - Yamato (George Kalima)

Edited Tuesday at 14:02 by John Gunning

[Pyapuchuuhou 1]

Thanks, I did not expect more than 85% to be recognized (although some are uncertain). My original goal was around 60-70%, which I thought would take a few days of work.

In the meantime, I photographed every autograph from the second notebook:
Part1: 1 to 59
Part 2: 60 to 98

1 - Kaio
2 - Aminishiki
3 - Hamanishiki
4 - Tamanoshima (uncertain)
5 - Tamakasuga
6 - Takekaze (uncertain)
7 - 
8 - Gokenzan (uncertain)
9 - Takanotsuru
10 - 
11 - 
12 - Takanotsuru
13 - Kimurayama (uncertain)
14 - Iwakiyama
15 - Kitazakura
16 - Buyuzan
17 - Yotsukasa
18 - 
19 - 
20 - Dewanofuji
21 - Futen'o
22 - Tochinofuji (uncertain)
23 - Tochiazuma
24 - Tochinonada
25 - Toyonoumi
26 - Kimurayama (uncertain)
27 - Kotohakusan (uncertain)
28 - Kotonowaka I
29 - Tokitsuumi
30 - 
31 - 
32 - Kirinowaka (uncertain)
33 - Takanotsuru
34 - 
35 - Tamanoshima (uncertain)
36 - 
37 - Wakashimazu
38 - 
39 - Roho
40 - 
41 - Tochisakae
42 - Otsukasa
43 - 
44 - 
45 - Toyonoshima (uncertain)
46 - Kasuganishiki
47 - Kitazakura
48 - Hakuho
49 - Asasekiryu (uncertain)
50 - Roho
51 - Kisenosato
52 - Dejima
53 - 
54 - Takekaze
55 - Yoshikaze
56 - Homasho
57 - Daimanazuru (uncertain)
58 - 
59 - Kokkai
60 - Ryuo (uncertain)
61 - 
62 - Tochiozan
63 - 
64 - Baruto
65 - Toyozakura (uncertain)
66 - Kirinowaka
67 - 
68 - Tochiozan
69 - 
70 - Tochinoshin
71 - Kitataiki
72 - Kimurayama
73 - Yamamotoyama
74 - Masatsukasa
75 - 
76 - Kotooshu
77 - 
78 - Kisenosato
79 - 
80 - Wakakoyu
81 - Kotomitsuki
82 - Tamawashi
83 - 
84 - 
85 - 
86 - 
87 - Kasuganishiki
88 - Kimurayama
89 - Tochiozan
90 - Kitataiki
91 - Gagamaru
92 - 
93 - Aran
94 - Tochinoshin
95 - Otsukasa
96 - 
97 - 
98 - 

Recognized - 68/98 (69%)

Baruto's signature was quite unexpected - when I first saw it, my initial reaction was "I've never seen a kanji like that" and then "Oh, that's because it's not a kanji".

Edited 2 hours ago by Pyapuchuuhou

[Pyapuchuuhou 1]

By the way, this is my current way of working when I am trying to recognize autographs:

1. Recognize easy to read signatures (e.g. Tochinoshin, Aran)
2. Recognize unique/distinctive signatures (e.g. Sakahoko, Aminishiki). Those are a bit harder to recognize, especially someone like Sakahoho whose signature does not resemble his kanji (or at least I cannot see it), but many of them are really unique and easy to recognize once I've seen them a few times in the past (e.g. on a tegata).
3. Pick the unknown autograph and try to recognize at least one kanji (of course, the more the better). Use the rikishi section of sumodb and search for that kanji using a regular expression - e.g. if I recognize shikona ending with -fuji (富士), I will search for the string "*富士" to list all the rikishi whose shikona ends with those characters. Then I try to pick the one that fits the best, and try to find a photo of the autograph somewhere on the internet (which can be really hard, especially with lower ranked sekitori).
4. In utterly hopeless cases, I try to search the full image using Google images search, but 99% of the time it doesn't work.

I am sure it can be somehow optimized, but it is the best I can do at the moment.

 

Edited Tuesday at 16:50 by Pyapuchuuhou