copy negative

Date1927-1929

DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of Ray R. Mori

Object number97.17.1

Description1 b&w studio portrait of three wrestlers standing while two of them hold a flag, a man in a suit stand next to them and three other wrestlers squat in front of them. Prominent sumotori from Sacramento, ca. late 1920s. The flag from the Japan Sumo Association was presented to Japanese American sumo organizers to cement ties with Japan. Back row: Miyamoto ("Shikishima"), Ryoichi Mori ("Hatsunobori"), Miyaoka ("Koosadake"), Seigo Takai (organizer); front row: Moriju Tsutsui ("Asahiyama"), Yoshio Shibata ("Dangoyama"), Shizuo Ishii.