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Sumo（for Educational or Commercial Use）
Sumo Match
Sumo Wrestling; Gosho Dolls
These Gosho dolls capture a sumo wrestling scene. One child serves as umpire, while two boy wrestlers in front of him prepare for the match. This tableau with three dolls and a full-fledged ring (dohyō) is very rare. It was likely made for a little boy in hopes of his healthy development.
Sumo Wrestlers
Oniwaka Rikinosuke
上総国武射郡出身の怪童力士。
Kiyosegawa
出生地/秋田県・身長/五尺七寸・体重/二十四貫
Tachihikari
出生地/北海道・身長/五尺六寸・体重/三十貫
Yoshinoyama
出生地/富山県・身長/五尺八寸五分・体重/二十四貫
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Sumo is a type of wrestling where Rikishi (wrestlers) fight each other in a dohyo (sumo ring). Sumo has a long history, going back to the Kofun era, which can be seen in Haniwa (unglazed pottery) shaped in the form of Sumo wrestlers. In the Nara era, Sumo was contested as an agricultural divination ritual in the imperial court – it reached its peak during the Edo era.