辻つじ相撲ずもう

noun

street-corner sumo; impromptu amateur wrestling

Historical term for informal sumo matches held outdoors, especially in autumn, often by amateurs on a street corner or in an empty field.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、秋あきになると各かく地ちで辻つじ相撲ずもうが行おこなわれた。

  In the Edo period, street-corner sumo was held in various places when autumn came.

noun

roadside tent sumo show

Refers to a commercial sumo exhibition staged in a tent by the roadside, distinct from the informal amateur matches of sense 1.

• 旅たび回まわりの一いち座ざが辻つじ相撲ずもうの興こう行ぎょうを打うった。

  A traveling troupe put on a roadside tent sumo show.