Japanese Sports

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Noriyumi. Held at the Archery Ground Pavilion. Two archers from the Inner Palace Guards take aim while two other archers wait their turn behind them. The emperor is seated at the top of the screen. Nenjū gyōji emaki, fourth section of fourth scroll. Kemari. The game takes place at the home of a court noble. Nenjū gyōji emaki, third section of third scroll. Gitchō. Children and adults play in the streets of Kyoto at the New Year. The artist has drawn the trail of the ball to show its speed. Nenjū gyōji emaki, second section of sixteenth scroll. Kasagake, ca.1295. The mounted archer draws a hikimeya, an arrow with a whistle at its end. The yatori, sitting next to the target to retrieve the arrows, blows into an arrow’s whistle. Obusuma Saburō emaki, section two. Inuoumono. Mounted archers await the release of the dog. From a pair of six-panel folding screens by Kanō Sanraku, Inuoumono byōbu. 16th century. Sumō as a spectator sport. Performed near the Kamo River in Kyoto. There is neither a ring nor a roof and the referee, holding a fan to signal the winner, is plainly dressed. From a six-panel folding screen, Kyo mto Kamogawa tadasu no mori sumō kōgyō no zu. Mid-17th century. Japan Sumō Association. Tōshiya at the Sanjūsangendō in Kyoto. The archer (lower right) has released the arrow, which can be seen in the bull’s eye of the target at the opposite end of the veranda. Tanikaze and Onokawa at the spring tournament in Edo, 1788. Sumō now has a ring and a simple roof. From a woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunshō in the series Edo kanjin o mzumō ukie no zu (Tanikaze Onokawa torikumi). Japan Sumō Association. A gekken (fencing) performance in Nagoya, 1878. From Shōji Munemitsu, Kendō hyakunen (Tokyo: Jiji tsūshin sha, 1976), p. vii. An undōkai (sports day), 1885. Tokyo University and its preparatory school hold a sports day on the university’s grounds in Hongō. In Nihon taiiku kyōkai, ed. Nihon supōtsu hyakunen (Tokyo: Nihon taiiku kyōkai, 1970), p. 38. Photo Kishimoto. The baseball diamond explained, 1885. Home base is at the top of the diamond and the fielders ’positionsare marked by black dots. From Tsuboi Gendō and Tanaka Morigyō, Kogai yūgihō (Bēsubōru magajin sha, 1885). Kōdōkan jūdō, ca. 1888. Kanō Jigorō and his students at the new dōjō in Fujimimachi, Tokyo. Nihon taiiku kyōkai. Women’s basketball, 1909. Students of the Baika Women’s School wearing hakama. Baika Women’s College Library. A school kendom class, 1930. Sixth graders practicing at Sasayama Primary School, Hyōgo Prefecture. Sasayama Primary School. Hitomi Kinue, 1928. Hitomi Kinue winning her 100-meter heat at the Amsterdam Olympics. Although she lost in the semi-final, she won a silver medal in the 800-meter race. Crown Prince Akihito gets an autograph. Crown Prince Akihito (the current emperor) (far right) has a ball autographed by Nankai Hawks pitcher Besshō Akira on the prince’s first visit to Kōrakuen Stadium in Tokyo, November 9, 1947. Bēsubōru magajin sha. Professional wrestling. Rikidōzan gives the fans what they want: his specialty, the karate chop. Asahi Shimbun sha. Jūdō. Anton Geesink of the Netherlands attempting to throw Kaminaga Akio at the Third World Jūdō Championships in Paris (1961). Geesink defeated Kaminaga and repeated his victory in the unlimited division at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Bēsubōru magajin sha. Oh Sadaharu in the “Flamingo Stance.” Oh assumes his trademark stance for the first time, at Kawasaki Stadium, July 1, 1962. Bēsubōru magajin sha. “The Witches of the East.” The “Tōyō no Majo” upset the Soviet team for the gold medal in women’s volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Bēsubōru magajin sha. Exhibition sumō. Konishiki (left) versus Terao at Bercy Stadium, Paris, October 10, 1986. Corbis/Bettmann Archive. [3.144.230.82] Project MUSE (2024-04-26...