Military and Sports during the Wartime, A Comparative Social History

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26350743
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sports science
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	Takashima Ko 京都大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (10303900)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	軍隊 / スポーツ / 男性性 / ジェンダー
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study focused on the Japanese military’s perception of Western sports from 1873 to 1945, and revealed how and why specific military institution in specific time encouraged or discouraged Western sports. It also referred to the particularities and commonalities of Japanese experience by comparing to several European and North American militaries. It became clear that the shifting masculinities in Japanese society at large affected the degree of promotion and exercise of Western sports in Japanese military.

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