Sanshō
Zanthoxylum piperitum

He won fourteen sanshō, or special prizes in his career, the fourth best ever.

There is no minimum or maximum limit to the number of sanshō that may be given.

His ten sanshō (special prizes) for Technique remain a record to this day.

He also has received 19 performance prizes (sanshō), another record in sumo history.

He earned 12 sanshō prizes, including seven for Technique.

He produced another strong performance there, scoring 9-6 and winning his first sanshō or special prize, for Technique.

He also was the runner up in the tournament, winning an "outstanding performance" sanshō prize.

Nevertheless he has been awarded ten sanshō or special prizes for good performances in tournaments during his career.

He was a runner-up in eight other tournaments, and earned thirteen sanshō or special prizes.

He also received one sanshō for Fighting Spirit.

There is no requirement that the prizes must be awarded, and it sometimes happens that one or more of the sanshō are not given.

In Japanese pharmaceuticals, the mature husks with seeds removed is considered the crude medicine form of sanshō.

He won his nineteenth sanshō or special prize in 1999, breaking the record of eighteen held by his rival Kotonishiki.

In his very first top-division tournament, he scored twelve wins against three losses and was awarded a special prize (sanshō) for Fighting Spirit.

By convention, pulverized dried berries of sanshō (called Japanese pepper, although botanically unrelated) are sprinkled on top as seasoning.

In poetry circles, he often used the names Baidō, Omegawa, Sanshō, and Hakuen.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is known by its Japanese title Sanshō Dayū.

Though some refer to the species as "Japanese prickly-ash", that name is confusing since it is sometimes applied to the sanshō which is Z. piperitum.

He won eleven sanshō, or special prizes, placing him joint tenth on the all-time list, and earned six kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna.

Kotonishiki steadily made his way up the maegashira ranks, and in May 1990 earned his first sanshō or special prize, for Fighting Spirit.

He earned nine kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna whilst ranked as a maegashira, and seven sanshō or special prizes.

He was runner-up in consecutive tournaments in May and July 2010 and has earned two sanshō or special prizes for Fighting Spirit.

Aridagawa, Wakayama procuces a specialty variety called budō sanshō ("grape sansho"), which bears large fruits and clusters, rather like a bunch of grapes.

He also used the name Ichikawa Hakuen III at times; his haimyō, or poetry name, was Sanshō.

In 1874, Gonnosuke, now known as Kawarazaki Sanshō, began managing and performing once more at the now-rebuilt and reopened Kawarazaki-za.

This is also a trade name for Zanthoxylum piperitum fruit (see Sichuan pepper).

Zanthoxylum beecheyanum and Zanthoxylum piperitum are two species commonly grown as bonsai.

According to the record, the soup consists of thinly sliced meat, noodles, scallions, and powder of cheoncho (천초, fruit skins of Zanthoxylum piperitum) in a broth.

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that extract of Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) repels prairie voles.

The revision specified that the ban applied to Sichuan peppercorns (Zanthoxylum simulans) and the Sansho peppercorns (Zanthoxylum piperitum) used in Japanese cooking.

These include the plants, Actaea racemosa (black cohosh) and Zanthoxylum piperitum, the Green and Golden Bell Frog, Litoria aurea, and Amanita mushrooms.

Spices are made from a number of species in this genus, especially Zanthoxylum piperitum, Z. simulans, Z. bungeanum, Z. schinifolium Z. nitidum, Z. rhetsa, Z. alatum, and Z. acanthopodium.