other). A yokozuna performs the ceremony with two attendants, the tachimochi (太刀持ち) or sword carrier, and the tsuyuharai (露払い) or dew sweeper. Dohyō matsuri...

In professional sumo, the tachimochi (太刀持ち; lit.: sword carrier) is one of the two attendants that accompany a yokozuna when he performs his dohyō-iri...

9 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 伊勢ケ浜親方が還暦土俵入り「ここまでやってきて良かった」元日馬富士が太刀持ち. Daily Sports (in Japanese). 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on...