noun
street-corner sumo; impromptu amateur wrestling
Historical term for informal sumo matches held outdoors, especially in autumn, often by amateurs on a street corner or in an empty field.
江戸時代には、秋になると各地で辻相撲が行われた。
In the Edo period, street-corner sumo was held in various places when autumn came.
noun
roadside tent sumo show
Refers to a commercial sumo exhibition staged in a tent by the roadside, distinct from the informal amateur matches of sense 1.
旅回りの一座が辻相撲の興行を打った。
A traveling troupe put on a roadside tent sumo show.
Amateur sumo held on grass or in rural settings; similar informal spirit but 辻相撲 specifically evokes street-corner or roadside settings.
Compound of 辻 (tsuji, 'street corner, crossroads') and 相撲 (sumō, 'sumo wrestling'), literally 'crossroads sumo'. The reading ずもう is a voiced variant of すもう common in compounds.