NAKED STRENGTH -- A Rural Sumo Match in Progress

Check out the many hairstyles and expressions. The men themselves show that you did not have to be FAT and UNGAINLY to be an active member of the Sumo World. The candid smiles are a great accent to this semi-candid "snapshot" by T. Enami. A shot such as this is 1000 times better than the standard studio views of two fat guys hugging each other under a skylight.

From a ca. 1905-20 hand-tinted glass lantern-slide by T. ENAMI of Yokohama. For more about Enami and his Photographic labors in Japan see www.t-enami.org/.

Also..... MORE SUMO can be seen in my SPORTS IN OLD JAPAN Set. I will keep adding these every once in a while. In the meantime, check out the beer-belly on this Sumo Champ : www.japantravel.co.uk/ask/index.php/2008/02/14/when-and-w...