Jinmaku Kyūgorō

Jinmaku Kyūgorō (陣幕 久五郎, June 4, 1829 – October 21, 1903) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Itō, Izumo Province. He was the sport's 12th yokozuna.

Jinmaku Kyūgorō
陣幕 久五郎
Personal information
BornIshigura Shintarō
(1829-06-04)June 4, 1829
Itō, Izumo, Japan
DiedOctober 21, 1903(1903-10-21) (aged 74)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight138 kg (304 lb)
Career
StableHidenoyama
Record87-5-65-17draws-3holds
(Makuuchi)
DebutNovember, 1850
Highest rankYokozuna (July, 1867)
RetiredNovember, 1867
Championships5 (Makuuchi, unofficial)
* Up to date as of June 2013.

Career

Woodblock print of Jinmaku

Jinmaku was born in Ou District, Izumo Province (modern Yatsuka District, Shimane). His real name was Ishigura Shintarō (石倉 槇太郎). In 1847, he became a pupil of wrestler Hatsushio Kyūgorō in Onomichi, Hiroshima. When Hatsushio died in 1848 he moved to Osaka and became a pupil of Asahiyama Shirouemon, fighting his first bout in 1850. He worked under Tokushima Domain and moved to Matsue Domain and then Satsuma Domain.

In 1850 he moved to Edo (now modern day Tokyo) and became a pupil of Hidenoyama Raigorō, the 9th yokozuna. He entered the makuuchi division in January 1858. In January 1867, he was initially awarded a yokozuna licence by the House of Gojo and not the Tokyo-based House of Yoshida Tsukasa. He was awarded an official yokozuna licence in July 1867 but the November 1867 tournament became his last tournament. On December 25, 1867, he saw the beginnings of national strife and sent a letter to Saigō Takamori. He escaped from Edo and moved to Kyoto. The Boshin War began in January 1868 and he protected his master Shimazu Tadayoshi from harm. He died in 1903.

Jinmaku won 87 bouts and lost only 5 bouts in the top makuuchi division. All his defeats came when he was ranked as a maegashira and sekiwake. He is the only wrestler to have never lost a bout as a yokozuna. His winning percentage reached 94.6.[1]

Jinmaku is also an toshiyori or elder name in the Japan Sumo Association. The holder as of 2019 is former meagashira Fujinoshin.

Yokozuna monument

In 1900 Jinmaku erected the Yokozuna Rikishi Memorial Monument in the grounds of the Tomioka Hachiman Shrine in the Koto ward of Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lengthy personal project to properly acknowledge all his fellow yokozuna.[2] For the first time, Akashi Shiganosuke, Ayagawa Gorōji and Maruyama Gondazaemon were recognised as the first three yokozuna.[2]

Top division record

  • The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.
Jinmaku[3]
- Spring Winter
1858 East Maegashira #6
502
3d

 
Called off due to fire
1859 East Maegashira #7
306
1d

 
East Maegashira #2
621
1h

 
1860 East Maegashira #2
413
2d

 
East Maegashira #2
50
2d

 
1861 East Maegashira #2
901
Unofficial

 
East Maegashira #2
504
1d

 
1862 East Maegashira #2
414
1d

 
East Maegashira #2
503
2d

 
1863 East Sekiwake
702
1d

 
Sat out
1864 Not enrolled Sat out
1865 Sat out East Sekiwake
601
1d 1h
Unofficial

 
1866 East Sekiwake
612
1h

 
West Ōzeki
801
1d
Unofficial

 
1867 West Ōzeki
701
2d
Unofficial

 
West Ōzeki
703
Unofficial

 
1868
Retired
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Key:   d=Draw(s) (引分);   h=Hold(s) (預り);   nr=no result recorded
Divisions: Makuuchi Jūryō Makushita Sandanme Jonidan Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: 
Yokozuna (not ranked as such on banzuke until 1890)
Ōzeki Sekiwake Komusubi Maegashira

*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament and the above unofficial championships are historically conferred. For more information see yūshō.

See also

References

  1. Kuroda, Joe (February 2006). "A Shot At the Impossible-Yokozuna Comparison Through The Ages". sumofanmag.com. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  2. Kuroda, Joe (April 2006). "The First Yokozuna (Akashi Shiganosuke) and the history of sumo's ultimate rank". Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  3. "Jinmaku Kyugoro Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
Preceded by
Shiranui Kōemon
12th Yokozuna
1867–1867
Succeeded by
Kimenzan Tanigorō
Yokozuna is not a successive rank, and more than one wrestler can hold the title at once
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