Practitioners of this activity, called rikishi, use salt to purify the sand-covered dohyo on which it is performed. For 10 points each:
[10e] A contest between Takemikazuchi and Takeminakata during the kuni-yuzuri, or “Transfer of the Land,” is said to be the origin of what traditional Japanese sport?
ANSWER: sumo wrestling [prompt on wrestling]
[10h] The kuni-yuzuri centered around this old province of Japan, where most of Ōkuninushi’s myths took place. This province with one of Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines is also said to be where Izanami is buried.
ANSWER: Izumo Province [or Izumo-no-kuni; prompt on Shimane Prefecture]
[10m] Ōkuninushi passes over control of Izumo by bequeathing one of these objects to Takemikazuchi. One of these objects called Amenonuhoko was used by Izanagi and Izanami to create land.
ANSWER: spears [accept naginata]
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