Sports & Athletics

Otokonoko (“young boy”) sumo “wrestler”, c. 1910.

Japan’s first golf course, Mt. Rokko, Kobe, c. 1920.

“Winter shawl”, advertising postcard, c. 1930.

The 6th Far Eastern Championship Games advertising postcard, 1923.

Geisha playing billiards, c. 1920.

Butokuden (Military Arts Hall), Suwayama Park, Kobe, c. 1910.

“Ski”, Takada (Joetsu), Japan, c. 1915.

20th National High School Baseball Championship (“Summer Koshien”), 1934.

Ice skating at Lake Suwa, Nagano, c. 1930.

“Recreation Ground”, Kobe, c. 1930.

Meiji Jingu Outdoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo, c. 1935.

Olympic Village née “Washington Heights” US Military Housing Complex, Tokyo, 1964.

Meiji Shrine Games, Tokyo, 1926.

Polo game, Negishi Race Track, Yokohama, c. 1920.

Yokohama Yacht Club, Yokohama, c. 1910.

A history of tennis in Japan, c. 1920.

Tengu-iwa Rock, “Rokko-san Hill”, Kobe, c. 1930.

Sumo wrestlers Kohitachi & Shiunryu, c. 1910.

Hotel Shiga Heights, Nagano, c. 1940.

Fujiya Sengoku Golf Course, Hakone, c. 1960.

“Exercises of the Tokyo Girls Higher Normal School”, Tokyo, 1904

Kokugikan (National Sport Hall).

Scene in Winter, Rokko-san Hill, Japan, c. 1940.