The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . [Photo : Fteid, Wi<aw.) 92 JAPANESE WRESTLING AND SLEIGHT OF BODY. By C. L. BROWNELL, Member of the Japan AY PROFESSOR BURTON AND TAIHO ( BIGGUN ?), TAIHOS HEIGHT, 6 FT. 4IN. I CHEST INREPOSE, 48* IN ; WEIGHT, 28 STONE 8 LBS. H O -EVERis inT o k i o, thecapital ofJapan, in Jan-uary or inMay, shouldgo to Eko-m,the templewhere thewrestlers meetfor their na-tional cham-pionship con-tests. X o tonly is thesight extra-ordinarilystrange in it-self, but it ischaracteristicto a degree—characteristic of the old Japa
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . [Photo : Fteid, Wi<aw.) 92 JAPANESE WRESTLING AND SLEIGHT OF BODY. By C. L. BROWNELL, Member of the Japan AY PROFESSOR BURTON AND TAIHO ( BIGGUN ?), TAIHOS HEIGHT, 6 FT. 4IN. I CHEST INREPOSE, 48* IN ; WEIGHT, 28 STONE 8 LBS. H O -EVERis inT o k i o, thecapital ofJapan, in Jan-uary or inMay, shouldgo to Eko-m,the templewhere thewrestlers meetfor their na-tional cham-pionship con-tests. X o tonly is thesight extra-ordinarilystrange in it-self, but it ischaracteristicto a degree—characteristic of the old Japan that has beendisappearing so rapidly during recent years. Forthis wrestling is the same to-day as it was twelvecenturies ago—or twenty centuries ago, traditionsays—and is of interest, therefore, not only to theloyer of athletic sports and to globe-trotters insearch of new sensations, but to the anthro-pologist as well. Japanese wrestling differs distinctly from thewrestling of other countries. Perhaps it is in-digenous, and to be classed, therefore, with thepoetry and the hot baths which Professor BasilHall Chamberlain says are the only things theJapanese have not appropriated
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