看かん板ばん大おお関ぜき

noun

physically exceptional wrestler promoted straight to ōzeki during the Edo period

Historical sumo term. Refers to a wrestler of outstanding physique who was granted the second-highest rank of ōzeki without the usual promotion process, a practice specific to the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、看かん板ばん大おお関ぜきとしてすぐに大おお関ぜきに昇しょう進しんする力りき士しがいた。

  In the Edo period, there were wrestlers who were promoted straight to ōzeki as kanban-ōzeki.