japanese sumo badge

  1. 1931 Tochigi Prefecture Sports Association Sumo Award Watch Fob/1931年栃木縣体育協会賞章

    Obverse 角 for 角力/角觝 - Sumo Gunbai /軍配/ - umpire's fan in sumo wrestling decorated with the four-kanji idiom Ichimi Seifu /一味清風/, which is a reference to the importance of tradition in sumo. It is said that this tradition originated around 1570, when Yoshida Oikaze XIII, who was responsible for...
  2. 22nd Kanto Student Sumo Federation Tournament Watch Fob/1941年第二十二回 関東学生相撲聯盟大会 メダル

    Obverse 力 - Might/Power reverse 第二十二回関東學生相撲聯盟大會 - 22nd Kanto Student Sumo Federation Tournament 皇紀二千六百一年 - Imperial Year 2601 = 1941
  3. 17th National Secondary School Sumo Tournament Official's Badge/第十七回全国中等学校相撲大会役員章

    Silver watch fob in the form of gunbai /軍配/ - umpire's fan in sumo wrestling. Reverse 第十七回 - 17th 全国中等学校相撲大會 - National Secondary School Sumo Tournament 役員章 - Official's Badge 大阪毎日新聞社 - Osaka Mainichi Shimbun...
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