Women's Sumo - Onnazumo

Japanese: 女相撲 - おんなずもう
Women's Sumo - Onnazumo

A spectacle in which women wrestle. It was first performed as a spectacle in Edo in 1745 (Enkyo 2), and during the Meiwa era (1764-1772) matches between blind men and female sumo wrestlers became popular and well-received, but was banned as it was considered degrading to blind people. Later, during the Kaei era (1848-1854), women's sumo was organized again in Nagoya and toured around the country, becoming popular as men would sometimes join in, but in 1872 (Meiji 5) it was banned as being undesirable in terms of public morals, and now it is only seen at festivals in the Kyushu region.

[Noh Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

女が相撲をとる見せ物。1745年(延享2)に江戸で初めて見せ物として興行され、明和(めいわ)年間(1764~72)には男の盲人と女力士との取り組みが流行して評判になったが、盲人を卑しめるものとして禁止された。その後、嘉永(かえい)年間(1848~54)になって名古屋でふたたび女相撲が組織されて全国を巡業するようになり、男の飛び入りがあったりして人気をよんだが、1872年(明治5)に風紀上好ましくないものとして禁止され、現在は九州地方で祭礼などにみられるのみになった。

[佐藤農人]

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