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Item type: image Tags: sports sumo japantowns portland portland, oregon 1930s Part of these collections: Nihonmachi: Portland's Japantown Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei All rights reserved |
Portland Sumo Club, 1931. Portland, Oregon. Photo courtesy of Jack Yoshihara.
Sumo was a popular sport in Nihonmachi. Tournaments were held in the Longshoreman’s Hall at NW 4th and Everett, Portland, Oregon.
In this photo, each boy is wearing a traditional sumo no maki - a wrap that was decorative and displayed each boy’s chosen wrestling name.
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