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Dohyō-matsuri

Dohyō-matsuri is the ceremony of prayer and offerings associated with the sumo ring, distinct from a wrestler’s ring-entering ceremony.

Raised clay sumo dohyō with a straw-bale circle beneath a suspended roof at the 2006 Osaka tournament

Dohyō

A dohyō is sumo’s prepared contest area: a marked ring, built surface, ritual setting, and decisive boundary whose form varies by context.

Two professional Sumo wrestlers grappling on the dohyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan

Sumo

Sumo is a Japanese wrestling tradition encompassing professional tournaments, amateur competition, stable life, ritual performance, and a long history of public spectacle.