Washington Times

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

TOKYO — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: Women are still ...
Yahoo

Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...
The Conversation

Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...