Drama behind the robes-Shikimori Inosuke tenders resignation

[Kintamayama]

Musubi no ichiban gyoji Shikimura Inosuke has tendered an informal resignation (what the heck is that??) after getting today's bout wrong. Kitanoumi Rijicho did not accept it. "Just be careful from now on.. " he tried to persuade him. The last time a tate-gyoji got it wrong was on Day 7 of May 2012- Kimura Shounosuke got it wrong in the Toyohibiki-Hakuhou bout.

There still is no Kimura Shounosuke at this point.

Edited September 22, 2015 by Kintamayama

[orandashoho]

Embarassing, but no longer a reason to commit ritual suicide. Isn't that what the tate-gyoji's dagger is for?

[CT3*]

Yep

[Kasutera]

Is it Shikimori or Kimura?

[Kintamayama]

Is it Shikimori or Kimura?

Depends who you are referring to. The current guy is a Shikimori Inosuke and does the musubi because there is no designated Kimura Shounosuke.

The name comes with the rank. Wiki excerpt:

In modern times, all gyōji will take either the family name Kimura or Shikimori as their professional name, depending on the tradition of the stable that they join. There are exceptions to this naming convention, but they are rare. The professional name Kimura outnumbers the name Shikimori by about 3 to 1. Gyōji will at first use their own given name as their personal/second name which follows Kimura or Shikimori. Later, as they rise through the ranks, and begin officiating higher divisions one of the two family names and a personal name together as a set title is passed down. This will either be passed down from a senior gyōji (often a mentor) or the junior gyōji will receive one of a number of established gyōji professional names that is currently unused. This naming convention can be seen when looking at a list of gyōji such as on a banzuke, where younger, lower-ranked gyōji have modern sounding personal/second names, while higher ranked ones have antiquated sounding second names that have been passed down for generations. Rising through the ranks is based largely on seniority, but the accuracy of an individual gyōji's decisions and his bearing on the dohyō are also determining factors.

At the top of the gyōji hierarchy are two fixed positions called tate-gyōji which always take the names Kimura Shōnosuke and Shikimori Inosuke, the higher ranked and lower ranked tate-gyōji respectively. They officiate over only the top few bouts in san'yaku, near the end of a tournament day. Both of these professional names have the longest history and have been passed down through the most generations of gyōji. It is normally the practice that when the higher ranking Kimura Shōnosuke retires at 65, he is succeeded by the second ranking Shikimori Inosuke after a certain interval.

[Kasutera]

Ohhh, so it was one of your trademark wordplays and not a typo. My mistake!

[Kintamayama]

Ohhh, so it was one of your trademark wordplays and not a typo. My mistake!

Sorry.. sometimes my twisted mind thinks stuff is clever..