[sumo] [sumo art] Boston Sumo art exhibit

[Joshua Maciel]

Since coming to Japan in 2003,
- The New England Patriots have won the Super Bowl Twice
- The Red Sox have won the World Series Twice

Now a sumo exhibit at the MFA?

I should get a key to the city so long as I promise to stay overseas.

- Josh

On Nov 7, 2007 6:31 AM, Tetsuonoumi <wcb at bostondynamics.com> wrote:

> http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=5005
>
> Looks like Sumo art is coming to Boston at the Museum of Fine Arts!
>
> > From its legendary prehistoric beginnings until
> > the present day, sumô wrestling has dominated
> > the world of traditional Japanese sport. Like
> > Kabuki actors and noted courtesans, wrestlers
> > were idols of the urban popular culture of the
> > eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and so
> > appeared frequently in woodblock prints. "Sumo,
> > Japan's Big Sport" features not only portraits
> > of famous wrestlers and scenes of their
> > greatest bouts, but also views of wrestlers as
> > celebrities in everyday life, legends and
> > Kabuki plays featuring wrestlers as heroes, and
> > fantasies in which animals or supernatural
> > beings enjoy wrestling just as humans do.
>
> Hmmm, they spell sumo even different from the
> king of different spellings, Moti!!  And they
> fail to include a trip to my world famous sumo
> bathroom, aided by Kintaro, only a few miles west of the museum.
>
> Gambatte!
>
>         Tetsounoumi
>
> PS - Go Chiyotaikai!
>
>
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