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Minanogawa Tozo preparing for a match (ddr-njpa-4-953)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Minanogawa Tozo."
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Minanogawa Tozo (ddr-njpa-4-957)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Osaka) August 6, 1938. Minanogawa, who now has great fame as the founding(?) Yokozuna, came back in the sun from a month-long trip for an Imperial Army inquiry on the continent. On the 16th at 7:30 a.m. he arrived at Kobe Bay by a ferryboat sailing between Japan and Manchuria. The hugest …
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Minanogawa Tozo performing a ring-entering ceremony (ddr-njpa-4-951)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The ring entering ceremony."
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Minanogawa Tozo posing with a trophy (ddr-njpa-4-955)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Spring grand sumo tournament. The champion sumo wrestler. 9 victories and 2 defeats, Minanogawa. (Tokyo) January 22, 1934. The spring grand sumo tournament concluded its run on the 22nd. The champion of this tournament was Minanogawa, from the West, with 9 victories and 2 defeats. The picture shows 1, The champion Minanogawa."
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Minanogawa Tozo being promoted to Yokozuna (ddr-njpa-4-954)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Yokozuna receiving his belt [?]."