Grave of Raiden Tameemon

The most powerful man in the history of sumo の tomb ・ Sakai history めぐり

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I went to the grave of Raiden Tameemon, who is said to be the strongest sumo wrestler in the history of sumo wrestlers. It is less than 15 minutes walk from the north exit of Keisei Usui Station. The former 々 was a cemetery of a temple called Jogyoji Temple, but now it has become an abandoned temple and is quietly built with several graves. The tombstone was thinner than the characters engraved in the wind and rain for many years. There is a gravestone on the side. He died on February 11, 1825, and was 59 years old. The grave is the grave of Raiden, his wife's rice, and his daughter (the daughter who died young). Raiden is the country of Shinano ...