Shiranui-gata 不知火型
Yokozuna ceremony style: both arms held out.
What Shiranui-gata means
Shiranui-gata is the other style of yokozuna ring-entering ceremony. The yokozuna holds both arms out, and his rope is tied with two loops at the back. Like Unryū-gata it's named after an Edo-period yokozuna, and a yokozuna usually picks his style when he's promoted.
We haven't yet checked this kanji against the Japan Sumo Association's own pages.
Related words
- Unryū-gata雲龍型
- Yokozuna ceremony style: left arm bent in, right arm out.
- dohyō-iri土俵入り
- The ring-entering ceremony before the top-division bouts.
- tsuna綱
- The thick braided rope a yokozuna wears for ceremonies.