- A
dohyō (土俵, ****anese pronunciation: [doçoː]) is the
space in
which a sumo
wrestling bout occurs. A
typical dohyō is a
circle made of
partially buried...
- Agari-zashiki (揚座敷) The
raised part of a
stable training room (keikoba) next to the
dohyō on
which the
oyakata and any
guests sit to
observe training.
Akeni (明荷)...
- not used
during the
matches themselves, but is worn
during the yokozuna's
dohyō-iri ring
entrance ceremony. As the sport's
biggest stars,
yokozuna are in...
- In sumo wrestling, a
kanreki dohyō-iri (****anese: 還暦土俵入り) is a ring-entering
ceremony (
dohyō-iri)
performed by a
former yokozuna in
celebration of his...
-
Wakanohana monogatari dohyō no oni (若ノ花物語 土俵の鬼, lit."Wakanohana: the
Story of
Devil of the
Dohyō") is a 1956 black-and-white ****anese film
directed by...
-
rikishi (wrestler)
attempts to
force his
opponent out of a
circular ring (
dohyō) or into
touching the
ground with any body part
other than the
soles of...
- the opponent's legs to the
outside and
thrusts or
twists him down to the
dohyō.
Kirikaeshi (切り返し, "twisting
backward knee trip") is a
kimarite in which...
-
known as kami. In
modern times, the
canopy over the sumo ring,
called the
dohyō, is
reminiscent of a
Shinto shrine, the
officiator is
dressed in garb very...
-
tournaments (honbasho) in ****an. The
yobidashi are
involved in
building the
dohyō (wrestling ring) or
calling wrestlers (rikishi) to the ring when it is their...
-
professional wrestlers wear a keshō-mawashi as part of the ring
entry ceremony or
dohyō-iri. For top
ranked professional rikishi (known as sekitori), the mawashi...
