red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the sumo ring
Sumo term. One of four colored tassels (赤房, 白房, 青房, 黒房) suspended from the roof above the dohyo, each representing a direction and season.
A red tassel is hung above the southeast corner of the ring.
Black tassel hung above the northeast corner; represents winter and the north.
Standard kanji spelling for this sumo term.
Alternate kanji spelling; 総 can also mean 'tassel'.
Compound of 赤 (aka, 'red') and 房 (fusa, 'tassel'), with rendaku voicing of the second element to ぶさ.