[sumo] Sadogatake oyakata recruits

[Magnus Berg]

2007-08-15 kl. 02.39 skrev Doreen Simmons:

>
> On 2007/08/15, at 9:10, Joe Petrow wrote:
>>
>> On another note, is he responsible for the tradition of every rikishi
>> in the heya of note having their shikona start with "Koto"?
>
> Yes. It is common for a shisho to give part of his own shikona to his 
> deshi. Or part of a previous shisho's shikona, like the 'Tochi' of 
> Kasugano-beya rikishi that goes back to Tochigiyama.

Although Kotozakura consistently named his rikishi Koto-something, he 
wasn't the first to do it. Sadogatake beya was formed in 1955 by former 
komusubi Kotonishiki, who used the Koto in his shikona when he named 
his first top rikishi, Kotozakura. The only makunouchi rikishi in the 
heya who didn't use Koto was former sekiwake Hasegawa, who kept his 
family name when he made the top division in 1965.
Maguroyama

>
> In some cases it's less easy to spot, as in Izutsu-beya where the same 
> character for 'crane' (the bird not the machine) can be read 'tsuru' 
> or 'kaku'. And in Oshima-beya, the 'Asa' of the shisho's shikona 
> 'Asahikuni' is sometimes read 'Asa' and sometimes 'Kyoku'. In the 
> successful and much newer Sakaigawa-beya, the shisho (former Ryogoku) 
> prefers a mixture of 'Dewa' and 'Sada' from his old heya Dewanoumi,  
> and from the yokozuna Sadanoyama, his old mentor.
>
> For those of you interested in the meaning of shikona, this is a fun 
> line to pursue.
>
> Doreen Simmons
>  jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp
>
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