This is a retelling in picture book format using local dialect of a folk tale of a discriminated community in Fukuoka Prefecture's Chikugo district. The people of Kawauso village are not allowed to enter the local shrine because they are Burakumin. This means that they cannot participate in the shrine sumo contests during the fall festival, until one year Saizō decides he wants to enter

This is a retelling in picture book format using local dialect of a folk tale of a discriminated community in Fukuoka Prefecture's Chikugo district. The people of Kawauso village are not allowed to enter the local shrine because they are Burakumin. This means that they cannot participate in the shrine sumo contests during the fall festival, until one year Saizō decides he wants to enter...