New clothing guidelines

[Benihana]

Shitabayama making new friends...

 

[Katooshu]

The oyakata who ordered his deshi to beat their stablemate, until that stablemate was blinded. A great guy to have in charge of 'life guidance'.

[RabidJohn]

Stipulating the colour of underwear (suteteko) that shouldn't even be seen on "official business" seems redundant.

Mind you, my old school's uniform rules stated that girls had to wear navy blue or maroon knickers...

Edited July 30, 2023 by RabidJohn

[Benihana]

26 minutes ago, RabidJohn said:

Stipulating the colour of underwear (suteteko) that shouldn't even be seen on "official business" seems redundant.

You forget the medicinal check. Who else misses the guy in pink?

 

Edited July 30, 2023 by Benihana

[RabidJohn]

21 minutes ago, Benihana said:

You forget the medicinal check.

So I did, but that strikes me as internal routine rather than 'official business', although if pics are made public...

So, who's the lucky guy that gets to say "Show me your keks" before a new juryo goes off to report his promotion to his hometown mayor?

[Bunbukuchagama]

"You can wear any colour as long as it is blue". 

[yorikiried by fate]

I guess his tailor (aka Akhmet the Tent Maker) has cornered the market for all cloth in a narrow Pantone range.

[Seregost]

Somehow this decision makes me feel blue

[Gurowake]

Those are only 6 colors by a very strange meaning of "color".  They're all variations on the same color.  If someone has a blue undershirt, do they check to make sure that it's one of the approved variations?  That seems ludicrous.

[Bunbukuchagama]

16 minutes ago, Gurowake said:

Those are only 6 colors by a very strange meaning of "color".  They're all variations on the same color.  If someone has a blue undershirt, do they check to make sure that it's one of the approved variations?  That seems ludicrous.

[Churaumi]

My cynical side would wonder if stock in a blue-dye company changed hands recently.

[Bunbukuchagama]

6 minutes ago, Churaumi said:

My cynical side would wonder if stock in a blue-dye company changed hands recently.

...Or it's just old grumpy men enjoying their petty power trips. 

[Benihana]

On 31/07/2023 at 05:17, Bunbukuchagama said:

...Or it's just old grumpy men enjoying their petty power trips. 

Was there a time this wasn't the case? I mean globally speaking since the beginning of humankind? Next they go for the yukata and the hairstyle. 

[Akinomaki]

Well, officially the rule for the shimekomi (silk mawashi for the basho) still demands a dark color, but nobody cares when one uses a golden one. I doubt this new rule will be enforced for long, if at all.

[Muhomatsu]

Shibatayama only knows how to correct Sumo's problems by rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as it were.  If only the rikishi wore blue all the time, hazing would suddenly stop, yaocho evaporate, and (like moths to the flame) a number of Japanese recruits will be lured into the sport with the various hues of blues.

[Bunbukuchagama]

14 minutes ago, Muhomatsu said:

Shibatayama only knows how to correct Sumo's problems by rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, as it were.  If only the rikishi wore blue all the time, hazing would suddenly stop, yaocho evaporate, and (like moths to the flame) a number of Japanese recruits will be lured into the sport with the various hues of blues.

I doubt he actually sees hazing and yaocho as problems; the only problem is bad publicity that results from the general public learning about them. 

[Bees and Rikishis]

On 31/07/2023 at 01:53, Gurowake said:

Those are only 6 colors by a very strange meaning of "color".  They're all variations on the same color.  If someone has a blue undershirt, do they check to make sure that it's one of the approved variations?  That seems ludicrous.

My husband is colourblind and really struggled to distinguish between some of the shades. Don't know if there are any colourblind rikishis, but it could be a problem.

[Yamanashi]

2 hours ago, Bees and Rikishis said:

My husband is colourblind and really struggled to distinguish between some of the shades. Don't know if there are any colourblind rikishis, but it could be a problem.

It is my hunch that rikishi won't have to worry about which hue of blue is appropriate -- they'll  be told which one is appropriate.

[Gurowake]

4 hours ago, Bees and Rikishis said:

My husband is colourblind and really struggled to distinguish between some of the shades. Don't know if there are any colourblind rikishis, but it could be a problem.

According to https://www.colorblindguide.com/post/colorblind-people-population-live-counter Japanese colorblindness tends to be lower than Caucasians, but it's still a decent chunk of the population.  With 5% of males affected, it would be totally unreasonable to think that no rikishi are.  Maybe Shibatayama is like my father, who could see neither red nor green, and thus could only distinguish blue from not blue, which is why all of the approved colors are blue.  That's rather unlikely though, since it's an extremely rare condition (except among my paternal uncles).

 

[Koorifuu]

On 01/08/2023 at 21:24, Akinomaki said:

Well, officially the rule for the shimekomi (silk mawashi for the basho) still demands a dark color, but nobody cares when one uses a golden one. I doubt this new rule will be enforced for long, if at all.

There's a bit of a difference in terms of visibility though. The public would definitely be upset if Ura showed up in a dark shimekomi due to being suddenly forced out of his pink one, and they know better than going through that PR hit for little to no reason.

On the other hand, does the public really care what shade oyakata show up in during public appearances? There isn't such a sense of identity there.

Edited August 6, 2023 by Koorifuu