Kotōzan Bun'emon
Kotōzan Bun'emon | |
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湖東山 文右エ門 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Yasaburō Yasumura 1798 Kanzaki District, Ōmi Province, Japan |
Died | June 25, 1858 | (aged 59–60)
Career | |
Stable | Takekuma → Ōnomatsu |
Record | 145-62-89-20 draws/13 holds |
Debut | October, 1824 |
Highest rank | Ōzeki (February, 1836) |
Retired | March, 1845 |
Elder name | Takekuma |
Championships | 2 (Makuuchi, unofficial) |
* Up to date as of October 2023. |
Kotōzan Bun'emon (Japanese: 湖東山 文右エ門, born Yasaburō Yasumura (安村 弥三郎, Yasumura Yasaburō), 1798 – June 25, 1858) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kanzaki District, Ōmi Province (now Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture). His highest rank was ōzeki. He is the second wrestler from Shiga Prefecture to have been promoted to this rank, having been promoted after Onogawa in 1790, 46 years earlier. As of February 1836, he is also the last wrestler from that prefecture to have achieved this feat.[1]
Career
Kotōzan was born in
After two tournaments at this rank he was promoted to ōzeki as Ōnomatsu had retired the previous year, leaving the rankings unbalanced for the first tournament of the year. After his promotion he served the Himeji Domain under his new shikona: Tegarayama Shigeemon (手柄山 繁右エ門). After a poor performance in October 1838, he was demoted from his rank but regained it for the following tournament. He remained ozeki for 10 tournaments, giving the image of a stable, solid wrestler, rarely losing to lower-ranked wrestlers but failing to shine against higher-ranked wrestlers either.[2] In 1841 he was permanently stripped of the rank of ōzeki, ending his career as a sekiwake and taking his definitive shikona of Kotōzan. In 1842 he won his last tournament. However, as the yūshō system was not introduced until 1909, his two championship victories are now considered unofficial.[2]
In 1843 he became an
Top division record
- The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.
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1827 | East Jūryō #5 5–1 |
East Jūryō #2 4–2 |
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1828 | East Jūryō #1 7–2 |
East Jūryō #2 6–2 1d |
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1829 | East Jūryō #1 3–3 |
East Maegashira #6 4–3–1 1h |
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1830 | East Maegashira #6 2–2–6 |
East Maegashira #6 6–0–2 1d-1h |
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1831 | East Maegashira #4 3–3–3 1h |
East Maegashira #4 2–2–3 1d |
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1832 | East Maegashira #3 3–6–1 |
Unknown | ||||
1833 | East Maegashira #2 5–2–1 2d |
East Maegashira #2 5–1–1 1h |
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1834 | East Maegashira #2 8–0–1 1d Unofficial |
East Sekiwake #1 5–0–3 2d |
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1835 | East Sekiwake #1 3–1–4 1d-1h |
East Sekiwake #1 4–3–2 1d |
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1836 | East Ōzeki #1 3–0–2 1d |
East Ōzeki #2 6–1–2 1d |
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1837 | East Ōzeki #1 3–1–6 |
East Ōzeki #1 4–2–1 2d-1h |
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1838 | East Ōzeki #1 2–1–3 |
East Ōzeki #1 2–4–2 2d |
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1839 | Sat out | East Ōzeki #1 4–1–3 1d-1h |
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1840 | East Sekiwake #1 7–2–1 |
East Ōzeki #1 5–0–2 1d-1h |
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1841 | East Ōzeki #1 4–2–3 1h |
East Ōzeki #1 6–1 |
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1842 | East Sekiwake #1 7–0–2 1d Unofficial |
East Sekiwake #1 4–4–1 1d |
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1843 | Sat out | East Sekiwake #1 4–1–5 |
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1844 | East Sekiwake #1 3–3–2 2h |
East Sekiwake #1 4–2–3 |
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1845 | East Sekiwake #1 Retired 2–4–3 1h |
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Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions Key:d=Draw(s) (引分); h=Hold(s) (預り) 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 championships that are labelled "unofficial" are historically conferred. For more information see yūshō.
See also
References
- ^ "Wrestlers from Shiga Prefecture by rank". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "大関伝 106人目~118人目 - 117人目 階ヶ嶽 龍右衛門". Atsuo Tsubota Database. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "立像寺 (石川県金沢市) ~訪問:令和3年4月18日~". Sumo Wrestlers Graves Database. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Takekuma Bunemon Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference.