Grand Sumo: The Living Sport and Tradition by Lora Sharnoff (1989, 1st Ed., HC,)

Description: Grand Sumo: The Living Sport and Tradition by Lora Sharnoff 1989, 1st Edition - Weatherhill, Inc From the book flap description: Sumo's grasp on the imagination as a sport and mass entertainment is as powerful now as it was in the days of Japan's feudal past. The first matches, steeped in Shinto ritual, were held to ensure that the gods would provide bountiful harvests. The Edo period (1603-1868), with the advent of polychrome woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e, created mass media for the national sport. Sumo champions became immortalized by the ukiyo-e artists; they were as famous then as the great Kabuki actors or courtesans of the demimonde. This book is a journey into a world thought to be the living presence of a bygone era. The author tells the story of sumo's colorful history the organization of the sumo stables into powerful competing affiliations, the drama of the grand tournaments, and life on the road during off-season bouts. Yet she never loses sight of those men who have chosen sumo as a way of life-the personalities of the men who face each other in the ring, the dramatis personae of referees and announcers, and behind-the-scenes activities of people such as the sumo hairdressers, coaches, and attendants to the upper-division men.

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