[sumo] All-Japan 1-day elimination tournament

[Jezz]

Just wait until you learn the origin of 'Juryo' - it is a good one ;-)

Jejima

On 04/10/06, Kuramarujo <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 10:14 -0400, Joe Kuroda wrote:
>
> > Incidentally those who may not familiar with how the term "Makuuchi"
> > came about, it traces back its history to the Edo Era when a sumo
> > tournament was held for a shogun or regional warlord, top rank
> > rikishis were allowed to sit inside the draped area where the dohyo
> > was located and the guests sat while the rest of lower or
> > inexperienced or amateur rikishis sat outside the draped enclosure.
> >
> > So the top ranking rikishis were inside the Maku while the rest were
> > Maku-shita (in this case "shita" means below or lower).
>
>        Oh man, this is great.  I love learning the history and insides of
> something special like Sumo.  Thanks Joe.
>
> --
> Joe "Kuramarujo" Klemmer
> http://www.webtrek.com/joe/sumo
>
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