2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Creation of women's basketball in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
25350792
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sports science
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka University (2014-2016)
Chukyo University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 長崎活水女學校 / マリアナ・ヤング女史 / バスケットゴール / SCREEN |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Basketball is said to have been first introduced to Japan in 1908 by Hyozo Omori, a graduate of the YMCA International Training School in Massachusetts, USA and director of the physical education department at the Tokyo YMCA. On the other hand, the inventor of basketball, Naismith wrote, “I do know that as early as 1900 Hancock, in his book on physical education in Japan, mentions basketball as an important part of the program for Japanese women.”
Basketball hoops were installed at an outdoor gymnasium of Nagasaki Kwassui girl’s school in 1902 based on the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)’s basketball rule book before 1904. Therefore, it may be said that basketball was introduced at girl’s schools in Japan, prior to the accepted theory that Hyozo Omori first introduced basketball to Japan (1908).
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| Free Research Field |
スポーツ史
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