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Presenting Sekitori : = History, Materiality, and Embodiment in Contemporary Sumo.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Presenting Sekitori :/
Reminder of title:	History, Materiality, and Embodiment in Contemporary Sumo.
Author:	Ciampoli, Giuliana F.
Description:	1 online resource (140 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-04.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International85-04.
Subject:	Asian studies. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798380478489

Presenting Sekitori : = History, Materiality, and Embodiment in Contemporary Sumo.
Ciampoli, Giuliana F.

Presenting Sekitori :History, Materiality, and Embodiment in Contemporary Sumo. - 1 online resource (140 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-04.

Thesis (M.A.)--Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Sekitori are the men who compete in ozumo, the highest-level competition of Japanese wrestling known as sumo, which is widely recognized as Japan's national sport. The unique and meaningful dress and textiles used in ozumo are rich in symbolism and historical significance. This paper aims to explore and interpret the dress of sekitori and its cultural importance, particularly for an unfamiliar, Western audience.The sport holds significance in Japanese culture due to its reliance on ritual and tradition and because it epitomizes certain Japanese values related to masculine identity and cultural legacy. This study demonstrates that the culture of ozumo and the dress of sekitori exemplifies these values. By adopting Deborah Evanson and Joanne Eicher's comprehensive definition of dress, which this paper interprets as physical presentation, encompassing anything worn or held for the purpose of appearance, including sensory aspects such as sound, smell, body shape, size, musculature, hair, or any modification of the body at a given time.This research delves into the historical and contemporary significance of sumo's material culture with a particular focus on the details, origins, meanings and making of sekitori's dress. It also dispels misconceptions about a sport which until recently has been hidden away from outsiders in what is referred to as kakukai, or the sumo world, a term which reflects its exclusivity. Through this exploration, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of sumo culture and Japanese craftsmanship, as well as what each reflects about Japanese culture.By examining the dress of sekitori, this study not only reviews the origins and development of sumo, intertwined as it is with Japan's history from myth and legend to the early twentieth century, but also reveals its deep interrelation with contemporary Japanese culture. Presenting a unique study of the dress of sekitori, an aspect of sumo that has received little attention in scholarship, this paper opens up new areas for further exploration in the field of dress and textile studies.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798380478489Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Asian studies.
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Presenting Sekitori : = History, Materiality, and Embodiment in Contemporary Sumo.
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