A talk given by Doreen Simmons to the Asiatic Society of Japan in Tokyo, with published versions of the same. Covering hair, costume, licensing, the dohyo (covered sumo area), hanging roof, Shinto connection, Imperial connection, Ryogoku (the heartland of sumo in Tokyo), the Sumo Association, the stable (training) system, sumo in the 20thC and beyond (including the position of women in the sport). 4 pdfs, as follows:
1) ’Sumo: Samurai to Cyberspace – How Sumo is adapting to the changing times’: text of DS’s talk given to the Asiatic Society 15 October 2001, 14 page pdf;
2) Download from the website of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 28 July 2010, of DS’s talk as above of 15 October 2001, as adapted from the Society’s Bulletin No. 9 November 2001, compiled by Prof Hugh E Wilkinson and Mrs Doreen Simmons, 4 page pdf;
3) Text of an article [presumably for the Asiatic Society journal – pages 21-37] entitled ‘Sumo: Samurai to Cyberspace’, c. 2003? 9 page pdf;
4) Six endnotes for the above article, relating to costume, including the mawashi and the significance of the colours of the tassels; the tsuri-yane (the raised roof suspended over the ring); and minimum entry requirements, c. 2003? 4 page pdf.