The Sumo Sisters Forging a New History in Japan's Sacred, Male-Only Ring
The echoes of bodies colliding on the sacred clay dohyō (the raised ring where sumo matches take place) have, for 1,500 years, defined Japan’s most revered sport. But while professional sumo (Ōzumō) is a magnificent tradition, it is rigidly controlled by ancient dogma: the professional ring is exclusively...