1. Sumo Exposed: The Invention Of Tradition In Japan's National Sport
... today and wore the same white tsuna, the title carried no implications except for honoring exceptional ozeki (the highest rank at the time, now second best) by allowing them to perform the elaborate ritual and to wear a tsuna. Change occurred in the late 19th century, when there was an unprecedented problem in the printing of a banzuke (ranking sheet) (Thompson ... and requires some remarks. Uchidate sympathizes with foreign rikishi and argues that instead of exhibiting xenophobia, Japanese should realize the "tremendous value in the cultural differences [foreign rikishi] display" (39). A...
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