Editing Sumo (section)

===Edo period (1603–1867)===
[[File:Sumo-Yokozuna-Shiranui-and-Kimenzan-1869.png|thumb|The 11th Yokozuna, [[Shiranui Kōemon]] and the 13th Yokozuna, [[Kimenzan Tanigorō]] (1866)]]
Because sumo had become a nuisance due to wild fighting on the streets, particularly in Edo, sumo was temporarily banned in the city during the [[Edo period]]. In 1684, sumo was permitted to be held for charity events on the property of Shinto shrines, as was common in [[Kyoto]] and [[Osaka]]. The first sanctioned tournament took place in the [[Tomioka Hachiman Shrine]] at this time. An official sumo organization was developed, consisting of professional wrestlers at the disposal of the Edo administration. Many elements date from this period, such as the ''[[Glossary of sumo terms#D|dohyō-iri]]'', the ''[[Heya (sumo)|heya]]'' system, the ''[[gyōji]]'' and the ''[[mawashi]]''. The 18th century brought forth several notable wrestlers such as [[Raiden Tameemon]], [[Onogawa Kisaburō]] and [[Tanikaze Kajinosuke]], the first historical ''[[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|yokozuna]]''.

When [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]] was shown sumo wrestling during his 1853 expedition to Japan, he found it distasteful and arranged a military showcase to display the merits of Western organization.<ref>{{cite book|title=When, Where, Why, and How It Happened|publisher=Reader's Digest|page=243|editor-first=Michael|editor-last=Worth Davison|year=1993}}</ref>