[Indent] 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.

230 x 155mm, 25 illustrations.

368pp

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