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In sumo, a is the belt (loincloth) that the ''rikishi'' (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition. Upper ranked professional wrestlers wear a ''keshō-mawashi'' (see below) as part of the ring entry ceremony or ''dohyō-iri''. ==''Mawashi''== For top ranked professional ''rikishi'', it is made of silk and comes in a variety of colors. It is approximately in length when unwrapped, about two feet wide and weighs about . It is wrapped several times around the ''rikishi'' and fastened in the back by a large knot. A series of matching colour, stiffened silk fronds, called ''sagari'' are inserted into the front of the mawashi. Their number varies from 13 to 25, and is always an odd number. If these fall out during competition the ''gyōji'' (referee) will throw them from the ring at the first opportunity. Sometimes a ''rikishi'' may wear his ''mawashi'' in such a way as to give him some advantage over his opponent. He may wear it loosely to make it more difficult to be thrown, or he may wrap it tightly and splash a little water on it to help prevent his opponent from getting a good grip on it. His choice will depend on the type of techniques he prefers to employ in his bouts. Thus a wrestler preferring belt sumo will usually wear it more loosely, while those preferring pushing techniques will tend to wear the ''mawashi'' more tightly. Many ''rikishi'' are superstitious and they will change the color of their ''mawashi'' to change their luck. Sometimes a poor performance will cause them to change colors for the next tournament, or even during a tournament, in an attempt to change their luck for the better. Rikishi only wear the silk ''mawashi'' during competitive bouts either during ranking tournaments or touring displays. During training, a heavy cotton ''mawashi'' is worn. For senior ''rikishi'' in the top two divisions (the so-called ''sekitori''), this belt is coloured white, and it is worn with one end distinctively looped at the front. ''Sagari'' are not worn during training. ''Rikishi'' ranked in the lower divisions wear a black cotton ''mawashi'' both for training in and in competition. In competition cotton sagari are inserted into the belt, but these are not stiffened. Amateur sumo wrestlers are expected to wear a white cotton ''mawashi'' without the looping accorded to the senior professional's training garb. If a wrestler's ''mawashi'' comes off during a tournament bout, he is automatically disqualified. This is extremely rare, but it did occur in May 2000 when ''sandanme'' wrestler Asanokiri was embarrassed during a match with Chiyohakuhō. However, for most of sumo's history, whether or not a wrestler's ''mawashi'' came off during a bout was considered irrelevant, and the policy of disqualification only came into place when Japan began adopting European attitudes towards nudity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「mawashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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