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.
土俵の北東の隅には青房が吊るされている。
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.