The word 四十八手 started to be used 1000 years ago to talk about all the basic techniques in sumo combats. Both catalogs looked to me pretty similar, the same drawing style and both with the same mysterious word 四十八手 (48 hands-arms). These are not sumo sexual positions 🙂 these are basic winning techniques used in sumo combats. The same word is written in the bottom-right corner 四十八手 (48 arms-hands). Four years ago I did not think about the origins of these positions and the funny traditional illustrations, but two weeks ago when I when to eat Chankonabe to Ryogoku (Where the most important Sumo stadium is) I found this new catalog of positions in the restaurant’s toilet: These are the illustrations of 48 Japanese sexual positions, let’s say that it is the Japanese kamasutra.
In the middle it is written: 四十八手 (48 arms-hands) Four years ago one of the first presents I brought back from Japan for my Spanish friends was this:
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