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.
A green tassel is hung above the northeast corner of the sumo ring.
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
Alternate kanji spelling; 総 can also be read ふさ, meaning tassel.
Compound of 青 (ao, 'blue/green') and 房 (fusa, 'tassel'). The term is specific to sumo and derives from the color-coded tassels representing the Four Symbols of Chinese mythology.