Sumo or Japanese Wrestling

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Title

Sumo or Japanese Wrestling

Description

Photograph of a sumo wrestling match, Japan, circa 1945-1952.

Typed caption in margin: "Sumo or Japanese Wrestling, an old national sport."

Typed caption on verso: "Wrestling is one of the favorite sports with the Japanese. I don't know how it is now, but it was a very active sport before the War."

Date

1945-1952 circa

Coverage

Japan

Bibliographic Citation

The Lloyd R. Lyckman Photographs and Papers/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-10-16-430_image_359_01
2000-10-16-430_image_359_02