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カテゴリー1： 5. Rites and Festivals
カテゴリー2： Individual Shrine Observances
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Sumōesai
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"Sumo festival." A rite held October 13 at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. After the ceremony, an offertory sumo match is held. The festival is said to date to back to the time of the Empress Jingū (see Okinagatarashihime) and the legends of her having conquered the Three Kingdoms of Korean (Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla). Upon her triumphant return, she selected soldiers proud of their strength and had them compete in a sumo match as offering to the deity Sumiyoshi Daijin.
— Mogi Sakae

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