dohyo

Climbing into the elevated dirt ring, or "dohyo," in ceremonial slippers, Trump presented a hulking 60-pound trophy to the tournament champion -- a cup that Trump said he hoped would be used for "many hundreds of years."

In 2018, the sport drew accusations of sexism over a long-standing prohibition on women entering the 'dohyo' or dirt rings where sumo is practised.

Training is centred on two dohyo - a dirt-covered 4.55-metre diameter circle marked out with half-buried rice-straw bales - which are among the few places where female sumo wrestlers are defying the centuries-old sport's uneasy relationship with gender.

The impromptu first responders had fallen foul of an ancient rule banning women from entering, or even touching, the dohyo.

"Sumo dates back some 2,000 years according to historians and retains many Shinto religious overtones.Its dirt rings, known as "dohyo", are viewed as sacred in the Japanese Shinto faith and women considered to be ritually unclean are not allowed to enter for fear of desecrating the hallowed soil.

Wilson: My favorite play is Ippon Gatana Dohyo Iri by Hasegawa Shin about a failed sumo wrestler who becomes a gangster, which is sewamono (contemporary/domestic drama).

Clay for the ceremonial ring (the 'dohyo') was taken from a quarry near Heathrow, the canopy (or 'yokata') was flown in specially, and the beds and showers at a nearby hotel were modified for the heavy rikishi (wrestlers).

Ce rite, appele dohyo-iri (ceremonie d'entree dans l'anneau de combat, le dohyo), a eu lieu dans la cour principale, en face du batiment central du sanctuaire dedie a l'empereur Meiji, l'arriere grand-pere de l'actuel souverain Akihito.

You'll also find the Dohyo restaurant on this floor, serving tapas-sized portions of good Latin-Asian food.

Wrestlers wash their faces, mouths and armpits before entering the dohyo, or ring, on whose sacred sand neither shoes nor women may tread.