栃とち若わか時じ代だい

noun

Tochiwaka era; era of Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I

Sumo term for the period in the 1950s when yokozuna Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I dominated the sport. Used in historical or sumo-related contexts.

• 栃とち若わか時じ代だいは、相撲人気すもうにんきを大おおきく盛もり上あげた。

  The Tochiwaka era greatly boosted sumo's popularity.