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1927 Photograph of the Waseda University Basketball Team the First Japanese Basketball Team to Play in the US
1927List3428California 1927. Photograph measuring approximately 6 ¾ x 10 inches. Unevenly trimmed top edge; some folding at lower corners; excellent contrast with extensive pencil caption verso. Very good to excellent. A portrait of the Waseda University basketball team from 1927; according to its manuscript caption the photo was taken following their defeat by the University of California team at the Oakland Auditorium on a tour of the Pacific coast. The sport invented in Massachusetts in 1891 with a Japanese student partaking in the first game was brought to Japan as early as 1902 by American missionaries.1 A New York Times article from the time reports that Waseda University was the first Japanese basketball team to come to the US following the success of its baseball team’s tour; and that there was “much interest†in the Japanese players’ strategy of “cat-like swiftnessâ€.2<br /> <br /> 1 Tetsuji Kakiyama “Challenging established theory: History of Japanese Basketball†Research Outreach April 10 2023.<br /> 2 “JAPANESE FIVE PLANS TRIP; Waseda University Seeks Games With California and Others†The New York Times October 7 1927 33. unknown
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