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Wikipedia's article on sumo, consulted 2026-08-11.
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Wikipedia's article on sumo, consulted 2026-08-11, the lower tier reflecting a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, useful for a general overview of its history and ritual form. NotesWikipedia's article on sumo, consulted 2026-08-11. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication; used here for the Japan Sumo Association's 1925 reunification, the heya stable and banzuke ranking system, and the six-tournament annual calendar fixed since 1958, standard reference facts.
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Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo
Source Typereference
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