. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. TH1-: KMlKKOK OF JAPAN. VIIJAPANESE WRESTLERS K. ?Si VII JAPANESE WRESTLERS Weestling in Japan has, for centuries past, beencultivated as a high athletic science, seriously pursuedby a large professional class, and extremely popularthroughout the Empire. This is the special time ofyear when, and Tokyo is the central place where,the chief annual exhibition of the national sportco
. Wandering words. Reprinted, by permission, from papers published in the "Daily telegraph" and foreign journals and magazines. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With illustrations from drawings by Ben Boothby and from photographs. TH1-: KMlKKOK OF JAPAN. VIIJAPANESE WRESTLERS K. ?Si VII JAPANESE WRESTLERS Weestling in Japan has, for centuries past, beencultivated as a high athletic science, seriously pursuedby a large professional class, and extremely popularthroughout the Empire. This is the special time ofyear when, and Tokyo is the central place where,the chief annual exhibition of the national sportcomes off; and thus, for more than a week past,nothing has been talked about so much as the greatcontest going forward between the champions of theEastern and Western side of Dai Nippon at is in a north-western central quarter of thevast Japanese capital, and there, twice a year, theall important Sumo Banzuke, or wrestling tourna-ments, are held. The number of registered wrestlers—sumotori—in Japan may be reckoned, probably,by thousands, but only picked and certificated menare privileged to appear at Ekoin ; yet even these,on the present occasion, amount to no less than status has been solemnly decided at the pre-ceding January conte
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