... is not hard to draw. For instance, the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712), the first major chronicle of Japanese history and mythology, describes the "wrestling match between Takemikazuchi no Kami, a deity, and Takeminakata no Kami, the son of the ruler of Izumo on the Japan Sea coast. The results of this match were said to have established the supremacy of the 'divine' Yamato race" (Cuyler 1985:22). ... sumo), which is based on the old Japanese proverb that "a crying child will thrive [naku ko wa sodatsu]" and consists in a staring contest between infants, the winner being the one ...

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