Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2002
Genre: Photography of the nude
ISBN:

Sumo

Sumo
Author: Thien Pham
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 159643581X

A washed-up American football player finds a new life in sumo wrestling.

Sumo Joe

Sumo Joe
Author: Mia Wenjen
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781620148020

In this sweet and funny story, Sumo Joe and his friends enjoy pretending to be sumo wrestlers. But when his little sister wants to join their boys-only game, what should Sumo Joe do? Full color.

Helmut Newton. Sumo. 20th Anniversary

Helmut Newton. Sumo. 20th Anniversary
Author: June Newton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2019
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9783836578202

Un tributo a uno dei fotografi più influenti, intriganti e controversi del XX secolo. Il SUMO è stato un libro titanico sotto tutti gli aspetti: ha infranto ogni record quanto a peso, dimensioni e valore di mercato Helmut Newton (1920-2004) ha sempre dimostrato un sano disprezzo per le soluzioni facili o prevedibili. Il SUMO - un'audace avventura editoriale senza precedenti - era un progetto irresistibile. L'idea di una raccolta spettacolare di immagini, un libro con le proporzioni di un'esposizione privata, riprodotta su pagine di dimensioni eccezionali e con standard di stampa all'avanguardia, è nata nel corso di una conversazione aperta e conoscitiva tra fotografo e editore. Con l'imponenza fisica del SUMO, che arrivava a pesare - con scatola e cellophane - 35,4 chilogrammi, Newton ha creato una pietra miliare che spiccava nettamente su qualsiasi altra cosa tentata in precedenza, sia in termini di stravaganza concettuale che di specifiche tecniche. Pubblicato in una tiratura limitata di 10.000 copie firmate e numerate, il SUMO è andato esaurito quasi subito dopo la pubblicazione e ha visto moltiplicare rapidamente il suo valore. Questo fenomeno editoriale è ora parte di importanti collezioni in tutto il mondo, inclusa quella del Museum of Modern Art di New York. La leggendaria copia n.1 del SUMO, autografata da oltre 100 delle celebrità fotografate al suo interno, ha stabilito anche il record del libro più costoso pubblicato nel XX secolo, battuto a un'asta a Berlino il 6 aprile 2000 per 620.000 marchi, circa 317.000 ?. Il SUMO ha stabilito nuovi parametri nel settore della monografia artistica, conquistandosi un posto di tutto rispetto nella storia dei libri di fotografia. Questa nuova edizione, attentamente rivista da June Newton, realizza un'ambizione di Helmut Newton nata alcuni anni fa. A lui avrebbe certamente fatto piacere che il SUMO - ora in un formato che permette una distribuzione più democratica, un decennio dopo la sua prima pubblicazione - raggiungesse un pubblico il più vasto possibile. In ogni caso, gli orgogliosi proprietari della nuova edizione non dovranno lottare con la loro copia del libro, che è dotata di un leggio unico per esporlo a casa propria.

Sumo Boy

Sumo Boy
Author: Hirotaka Nakagawa
Publisher: Hyperion
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2006-03-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Sumo Boy saves a girl from a bully using real sumo wrestling moves.

Sumo

Sumo
Author: David Benjamin
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1462900275

Sumo is a fresh and funny introduction to the fascinating world of sumo, Japan's national sport. Author David Benjamin peels away the veneer of sumo as a cultural treasure and reveals it as an action-packed sport populated by superb athletes who employ numerous strategies and techniques to overcome their gargantuan opponents. Sumo provides an engaging, witty, behind-the-scenes look at sumo today.

The Way of Salt

The Way of Salt
Author: Ash Warren
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2020-01-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781658896887

The Way of Salt is an exploration of Japanese culture as seen through the lens of the country's 'national sport' - sumo. Rather than being simply a 'what is sumo' book, this book will greatly help you to understand both Japanese cultural history and the psychology that links sumo to the Japanese psyche. Written in a clear and understandable way that even a total newcomer to Japan and sumo can grasp, and with a full glossary of useful Japanese terminology, this book greatly assist you to become not simply conversant with Japanese culture but also much more fluent in your understanding of this ancient art. This book is by far one of the most interesting books not only on sumo but also on the culture that gave rise to it that you will ever read.

Gaijin Yokozuna

Gaijin Yokozuna
Author: Mark Panek
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2006-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780824829414

At the age of eighteen, Chad Rowan left his home in rural Hawai'i for Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. But upon his arrival he was shocked less by the city crowds and the winter cold than by having to scrub toilets and answer to fifteen-year-olds who had preceded him at the sumo beya. Rowan spoke no Japanese. Of Japanese culture, he knew only what little his father, a former tour bus driver in Hawai'i, had been able to tell him as they drove to the airport. And he had never before set foot in a sumo ring. Five years later, against the backdrop of rising U.S.–Japan economic tension, Rowan became the first gaijin (non-Japanese) to advance to sumo's top rank, yokozuna. His historic promotion was more a cultural accomplishment than an athletic one, since yokozuna are expected to embody highly prized Japanese values such as hard work, patience, strength, and hinkaku, a special kind of dignity thought to be available only to Japanese. He was promoted ahead of his two main rivals, the brothers Koji and Masaru Hanada, who had been raised in the sumo beya run by their father, the former sumo great Takanohana I. Perhaps the defining moment of the gaijin's unique success occurred at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, when Rowan, chosen to personify "Japanese" to one of the largest television audiences in history, performed a sacred sumo ritual at the opening ceremony. Gaijin Yokozuna chronicles the events leading to that improbable scene at Nagano and beyond, tracing Rowan's life from his Hawai'i upbringing to his 2001 retirement ceremony. Along the way it briefly examines the careers of two Hawai'i-born sumotori who paved the way for Rowan, Jesse Kuhaulua (Takamiyama) and Salevaa Atisanoe (Konishiki). The author shares stories from family members, coaches, friends, fellow sumo competitors, and of course Rowan himself, whom he accompanied on three Japan-wide exhibition tours. The work is further informed by volumes of secondary source material on sumo, Japanese culture, and local Hawai'i culture.

S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On)

S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On)
Author: Paul McGee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-04-08
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0857086200

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Celebrating 10 Years of Shut Up, Move On! Paul McGee's international bestselling personal development heavyweight S.U.M.O. has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world fulfil their potential, seize opportunities, succeed at work, and respond to adverse situations with a positive attitude. Weighing in with humour, insight, practical tips, and personal anecdotes, it's a thought provoking—and possibly life-changing—read. Now newly updated to celebrate 10 years since its first publication and including up-to-date case studies and examples, as well brand new exercises to test yourself, S.U.M.O: 10th Anniversary Edition will help SUMO fans, as well as SUMO amateurs, get more out of this bestselling, self-help classic. There are six S.U.M.O. principles that are designed to help you create and enjoy a brilliant life: Change Your T-Shirt— take responsibility for your own life and don't be a victim. Develop Fruity Thinking— change your thinking and change your results. Hippo Time is OK— understand how setbacks affect you and how to recover from them. Remember the Beachball— increase your understanding and awareness of other people's world. Learn Latin— change comes through action not intention. Overcome the tendency to put things off. Ditch Doris Day— create your own future rather than leave it to chance. Forget the attitude ‘que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be.' *The Sunday Times, June 2015