Sumo Match Tokyo 相撲

Note: This video was shot in January 2017. Sumo was first mentioned in a Kojiki manuscript dating back to 712 describing how possession of the Japanese islands was decided in a wrestling match between the divine being (Kami) Takemikazuchi and Takeminakata. It is only several years later, around 720 that the first Sumo match between mortals took place and at the request of the Emperor Suinin. Rising in popularity until 1185, it is after the collapse of the Emperors central authority that Sumo was repurpos