honbasho
Official sumo competition
A honbasho is one of the six official tournaments in professional sumo wrestling, held every two months in Japan.
Results from these tournaments determine wrestlers' rankings and advancement through the sport's hierarchy.
Each honbasho lasts fifteen days, with top-division wrestlers competing in one bout per day: He earned promotion after a strong honbasho.
Japanese heavyweight wrestling
Year's opening month
November · Tokyo · Osaka · Nagoya · Fukuoka · calendar · bimonthly · annual cycle
Competition for top rank
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- demotionReduction in status
- playoffContest deciding advancement
- recordPreserved account or achievement
wins · losses · standings · winning technique
Japanese animistic tradition
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- salt throwingApotropaic mineral dispersal
sumo
Japanese heavyweight wrestling
January
Year's opening month
September · November · Tokyo · Osaka · Nagoya · Fukuoka · calendar · bimonthly · annual cycle · seasonal
championship
Competition for top rank
record · wins · losses · standings · winning technique
Shinto
Japanese animistic tradition
- Japanese wrestlingsumo wrestling, yokozuna, makuuchi, heya, stables