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Without sumo wrestling, there might be no Japan. According to legend, the Japanese won their homeland in a sumo match between a Shinto god named Takemikazuchi and an aborigine. Takemikazuchi "crushed his opponent like grass" and thus took the deed to the Land of the Rising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrestling: Dance of the Rhinoceri | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

Legend has it that the Japanese won their homeland in a sumo match between a Shinto god named Takemikazuchi and a local aborigine. In the good old days, 2,000 years ago, wrestlers fought to the death, cracking skulls and stomping ribs with ferocious abandon. Today's sumo heroes have a more limited objective-only to knock an opponent off his feet or force him outside a 15-ft. ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Giant Bird | 2/8/1963 | See Source »

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