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Ayagawa Gorōji (****anese: 綾川 五郎次, c. 1703 –
March 14, 1765) was a ****anese sumo wrestler, who is
formally recognised as the
second yokozuna.
Ayagawa came...
- the
title posthumously, and
little is
known about the
careers of
Ayagawa Gorōji and
Maruyama Gondazaemon. The 21st
yokozuna Wakashima, the 23rd Okido, the...
- beginning,
followed by two
dominant champions from the Edo period,
Ayagawa Goroji and
Maruyama Gondazaemon.
Despite this,
Tanikaze was the
first to receive...
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Nagamochi Gorōji, a
samurai and
member of the 1862
Takenouchi mission to Europe...
- Preceded by
Ayagawa Gorōji 3rd
Yokozuna Succeeded by
Tanikaze Kajinosuke Yokozuna is not a
successive rank, and more than one
wrestler can hold the title...
- †tournament held in
September *Ayazakura
later became the Shōwa era
Ayagawa Gorōji *Genjiyama
later became Nishinoumi *Hakkuniyama
later became Kashiwado *Imaoshima...
- all his
fellow yokozuna. For the
first time,
Akashi Shiganosuke,
Ayagawa Gorōji and
Maruyama Gondazaemon were
recognised as the
first three yokozuna. The...
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Takemoto 1978
Kineya Eizaemon (杵屋栄左衛門) 1894 1982
Kabuki Nagauta 1978
Yoshimura Gorōji II (二代目芳村五郎治) 1901 1993
Kabuki Nagauta 1981
Matsushima Jusaburō V (五代目松島寿三郎)...
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mandate that the
first three yokozuna in
history (Akashi Shiganosuke,
Ayagawa Gorōji and
Maruyama Gondazaemon)
began to be
considered as
official wrestlers and...
- prin****l
members of the
First ****anese Emb****y to Europe. His
nephew Nagamochi Goroji accompanied Shibata to
Europe as his retainer.
During the 1862 mission,...
