附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-291) and index.
pt. I. Sporting Practices Before the Black Ships. 1. Sumo, Ball Games, and Feats of Strength. 2. Martial Techniques -- pt. II. Modern Times. 3. The Arrival and Diffusion of Western Sports. 4. The Modernization of Indigenous Sports. 5. Japan at the Olympics: 1912-1940. 6. From Taisho Democracy to Japanese Fascism -- pt. III. Postwar Sports. 7. Rising from the Ashes. 8. Japan at the Olympics: 1952-1998. 9. New Directions.
摘要: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.
