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| #895461 in Books | University of Hawaii Press | 2001-05-01 | 2001-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.70 x5.98l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 336 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting and comprehensive|By J. B. Marques|This is a very interesting book, on a subject that is not readily available outside Japan. The historical chapters on the development of kemari (an ancient, aristocratic ball game), sumo and other typical japanese sports are treated with academic seriousness, though with an accessible and easy approach. The dismistification of cons
In this first synthetic, comprehensive survey of Japanese sports in English, the authors are attentive to the complex and fascinating interaction of traditional and modern elements. In the course of tracing the emergence and development of sumo, the martial arts, and other traditional sports from their origins to the present, they demonstrate that some cherished "ancient" traditions were, in fact, invented less than a century ago. They also register their skepticism a...
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