Jinmaku Kyūgorō
Jinmaku Kyūgorō | |
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陣幕 久五郎 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Ishigura Shintarō June 4, 1829 Itō, Izumo, Japan |
Died | October 21, 1903 | (aged 74)
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 138 kg (304 lb) |
Career | |
Stable | Hidenoyama |
Record | 87-5-65-17draws-3holds (Makuuchi) |
Debut | November, 1850 |
Highest rank | Yokozuna (July, 1867) |
Retired | November, 1867 |
Championships | 5 (Makuuchi, unofficial) |
* Up to date as of June 2013. |
Jinmaku Kyūgorō (陣幕 久五郎, June 4, 1829 – October 21, 1903) was a Japanese professional
Career
Jinmaku was born in Ou District,
He was absent from four consecutive tournaments from 1863 to 1865, and was expelled from one of these tournaments. He returned in November 1865 and became ōzeki in November 1866. He received a yokozuna licence by the Gojō family and not the Edo-based Yoshida family. He was awarded an official yokozuna licence in July 1867 but the November 1867 tournament became his last active tournament. It is said that he left Edo to inform Saigō Takamori in Kyoto of the burning of the Satsuma residence. In the context of the Boshin War he remained in Osaka to protect Shimazu Tadayoshi from harm.[1] The banzuke, or ranking, was later revised and reprinted, and Jinmaku was given a haridashi rank and was also listed in the director's section.[1] He also appeared in the Osaka-sumo Tournament of March 1890, only performing a ring-entering ceremony.[1] He was yokozuna for only one tournament.
Jinmaku won 87 bouts and lost only 5 bouts in the top makuuchi division. All his defeats came when he was ranked as a
Retirement from sumo and death
Because of his insight and political links, he was appointed Osaka-sumo supervisor by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture. With this momentum, Jinmaku worked hard to make Osaka-sumo independent and strengthened. On 6 June 1873, he organised a match at the tenran-zumō tournament at the Osaka Mint Palace, but Saigō Takamori was not satisfied with the organisation.[2] He also supervised two Osaka-yokozuna promotions.[1] He also managed a stable with Asahiyama (former komusubi Hiraishi, deceased 1877). However, Osaka-sumo has been in constant turmoil, with many deserters and with the death of his collaborator Asahiyama, the power of Jinmaku rapidly declined. His other collaborator, Shiranui, died and he finally retired in September 1890. In 1901, he was called to the completion ceremony of Yasukuni Shrine's haiden hall and performed a ring-entering ceremony.[1] Jinmaku died in 1903.
Yokozuna monument
Jinmaku was known as a 'monument fanatic' as he was particularly active in building monuments related to sumo all over the country and spent his fortune on building various monuments.
Top division record
- The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.
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1858 | East Maegashira #6 5–0–2 3d |
Called off due to fire | ||||
1859 | East Maegashira #7 3–0–6 1d |
East Maegashira #2 6–2–1 1h |
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1860 | East Maegashira #2 4–1–3 2d |
East Maegashira #2 5–0 2d |
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1861 | East Maegashira #2 9–0–1 Unofficial |
East Maegashira #2 5–0–4 1d |
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1862 | East Maegashira #2 4–1–4 1d |
East Maegashira #2 5–0–3 2d |
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1863 | East Sekiwake 7–0–2 1d |
Sat out | ||||
1864 | Not enrolled | Sat out | ||||
1865 | Sat out | East Sekiwake 6–0–1 1d 1h Unofficial |
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1866 | East Sekiwake 6–1–2 1h |
West Ōzeki 8–0–1 1d Unofficial |
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1867 | West Ōzeki 7–0–1 2d Unofficial |
West Ōzeki 7–0–3 Unofficial |
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1868 | Retired – |
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Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions Key: d=Draw(s) (引分); h=Hold(s) (預り); nr=no result recorded Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Maegashira |
*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament and the above unofficial championships are historically conferred. For more information see yūshō.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Atsuo Tsubota. "Biographies of Yokozuna (4th to 13th)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "12th Yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō - Time-Line". Ozumo database (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Kuroda, Joe (February 2006). "A Shot At the Impossible-Yokozuna Comparison Through The Ages". sumofanmag.com. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ a b Kuroda, Joe (April 2006). "The First Yokozuna (Akashi Shiganosuke) and the history of sumo's ultimate rank". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Jinmaku Kyugoro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
External links
- complete biography and basho results (Japanese) Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Article on Jinmaku's yokozuna list