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 governing sumo at that time, was given a fan with this expression on it by the chief advisor to the emperor, Nijo Hareyoshi (Haruyoshi).reverse
賞 - Award
栃木縣体育協會 - Tochigi Prefecture Sports Association
二五九一 - 1931