[sumo] Poor Asa - just when we thought it was safe

[Lynn Matsuoka]

All the posts here are very confusing- I don't know who is saying what,
But I totally disagree with  "the media has a right to criticize
> regardless of whether or not he got permission from the Kyokai."
The kyokai makes the rules and can change them . The press's place is to
report the news. If Asa does something with the Kyokai's permission, it is
NOT their place , or anyone else's to critise it.


But did they? I see these arguments, but has anyone seen the critcism?

Note that the Kyokai has in the past, and probably now, allowed the
rikishi to do things that would help to endear( or re- endear as it were)
Sumo to the public.

Something has to work.

Lynn Matsuoka
the Sumo artist
www.traditions.jp


> "The media has a right to criticize" ? Tell both sides of the story yes.
> Give a viewpoint yes but to criticize really?
>
> On Mar 9, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Charles Beauchamp wrote:
>
>
> I do appreciate the viewpoint and personally think a lot of the negative
> press toward Asa is pililng on..but the media has a right to criticize
> regardless of whether or not he got permission from the Kyokai.  It is
> Sumo
> officials who do not really have a right after granting said permission.
> I
> do not even want to contemplate viewing images of the Yokozuna dressed as
> a
> school child.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lynn Matsuoka <artist at aloha.net>
> To: Sumo Mailing List <sumo at webtrek.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 7:35:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [sumo] Poor Asa - just when we thought it was safe
>
>
> As Asa got permission from the Kyokai to appear in Tokyo for the day, the
> newpapers have NO right to criticize  him for that. THEY should do their
> due diligence before expressing anything in print. That they do NOT do
> that shows what their reports are worth across the board.
>
> Lynn Matsuoka
> the SUMO artist
> www.traditions.jp
>
>
>
>
> Something else for the naysayers to moan about.
>
> 0
>
> Nobody puts Asashoryu in the corner.
>
>>>From Kyodo News:
>
>
> Sumo grand champion Asashoryu debuts  as fashion model
> TOKYO,  March 9 KYODO
> Sumo  grand champion Asashoryu debuts as fashion  model
> Sumo  grand champion yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) dances along with
> female and male models.
> Sumo  grand champion yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia entertained the
> audience
> at  a fashion show in Tokyo on Sunday, appearing on the stage as a burly
> model
>  donning the uniform of a teenage Japanese  student.
> The yokozuna danced to the loud  music along with female and male models
> during the event Shibuya Girls  Collection in front of some 20,000 people,
> mostly
> teenage girls, at Yoyogi  national gymnasium.
> ''I felt a kind of  tension that was new to me,'' an excited Asashoryu
> said,
> referring to the  difference of the pressure from that he feels during
> sumo
> matches. ''The  shrill voices were also impressive,'' the yokozuna also
> said.
> Asashoryu wore the school uniform  for the show because he played the role
> of
> a junior high school student in  a recent TV commercial film promoting a
> beverage.
> Asashoryu's appearance in the  show, however, stirred fresh controversy
> over
> his behavior as the  highest-ranking wrestler as he skipped training for
> the
> day prior to the  key Spring Sumo Grand Tournament starting Sunday,
> prompting
> some sports  newspapers to blast him in Monday's  edition.
> ==Kyodo
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> Sumo Museum in Tokyo .
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-- 
CNN reported on the artist: “Few artists so completely dominate their
field that their name becomes synonymous with the subject matter, but Lynn
Matsuoka has succeeded in capturing the essence of Sumo and has won a
loyal following along the way”

Her artwork is in corporate and private collections around the world, in
the Morikami Museum collection, and was recently requested by the National
Sumo Museum in Tokyo .

Thank you for visiting our installation at the Hampton Classic this summer!

Web  sites :   http:// www.traditions.jp & www.hamptonsartist.com
Tel USA 808-479-5966   / NY studio 631-537-5237