Makuuchi
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Makuuchi, or makunouchi, is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Since 2004 its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers, ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by t
A makuuchi match with the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō defeating Dejima as the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū watches in the background
yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right
A tsuna belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
68th yokozuna Asashoryū's Unryū-style Yokozuna Dohyō-iri
Sumo
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Sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi attempts to force his opponent out of a dohyō or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet.
Makuuchi
…Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Since 2004 its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (rikishi), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous…
A sumo match (tori-kumi) between yokozuna Asashōryū (left) and komusubi Kotoshōgiku in January 2008
Haniwa sumo wrestler
Sumo match in Tokyo c. 1890s
Sumo wrestling scene c. 1851