[sumo] [sumo art] Boston Sumo art exhibit

[Robert Hovestadt]

Now how did I not hear about this already.

Well I'll have to plan on taking it in as I work just down the street
form the MFA.

Bob "Sherlockiama" Hovestadt

On Nov 7, 2007 5:43 AM, Joshua Maciel <joshua.maciel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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