Terms and conditions of use
Men’s jacket (haori) with baseball team
c. 1930
- Medium
- silk, cotton
- Measurements
- 88.0 cm (centre back) 132.0 cm (cuff to cuff)
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Accession Number
- 2017.1268
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Maureen Morrisey Bequest, 2018 - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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In the 1920s and 1930s, sport represented a healthy and important leisure activity for a modern and progressive nation. Sports that had been unknown in traditional Japan, such as baseball, tennis, athletics, golf, rugby and skiing, captured the public’s imagination and became closely associated with a modern, fashionable lifestyle. Baseball became particularly popular thanks to the great rivalry between university teams, the establishment of a professional league in the 1920s, and in 1934 a tour of an American allstar team that included professional player Babe Ruth.