Scope and Contents Draft of Units 1-11 of what is presumably intended as a textbook or course of study on sumo, arranged under headings expressed as questions. Presumed to be written by Doreen Simmons. Covers the following: training, apprenticeship, Banzuke (ranking list), costume (the mawashi (belt / loincloth) etc), Kokugikan (the national centre, literally the hall (kan) of the national (koku) art or sport (gi), in Ryogoku, Tokyo), Hon-Basho (one of the six official tournaments in the year), warm-up time...