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(wrestling) ring

edge of the ring

straw bag

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

one (straw) bagful

kome hyappyō

bales forming the edge of the ring

wrestler's active career

first tournament for a wrestler

opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable

bag of rice

4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring

goods in straw bags

bales forming the edge of the ring

number of straw bags

wrestler's belt used in a bout

ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament

Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)

bales forming the outer rim of the ring

bales forming the steps to climb onto the ring

former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony

4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back

sack for charcoal

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring

straw lid covering either end of a rice container

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)