青あお房ぶさ

noun

green tassel hung above the northeast corner of the sumo ring

A specific sumo term referring to the green tassel suspended from the roof above the northeast corner of the dohyō. It represents the Azure Dragon of the East in Chinese mythology.

• 土ど俵ひょうの北ほく東とうの隅すみには青あお房ぶさが吊つるされている。

  A green tassel is hung above the northeast corner of the sumo ring.