Shimenawa
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Shimenawa are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion.
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Amaterasu emerges from the Heavenly Rock Cave (Shunsai Toshimasa, 1889)
Meoto Iwa, two rocks in Ise Bay connected by shimenawa
Daidai in Japan
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
Shimenawa
…of stones considered to be inhabited by spirits, the stones are known as iwakura (磐座/岩座). A variation of the shimenawa are worn in sumo wrestling by yokozuna (grand champions), during the entrance ceremony to debut as grand champion rank. In this instance, shimenawa used by yokozuna are seen as being living…
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