Talk:Kemari
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How does this sport compare with the hacky sack? It sounds similar, but perhaps the ball is bigger? And I suppose people don't usually dress up to play hacky sack. Are they related? --Andrew 13:57, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC)
If anyone has any photos (or images of old block prints without copyright issues) of the game that they could contribute, it would be appreciated . They would also be useful on the football page. Also perhaps someone would like to cross-post this request onto Japanese Wikipedia. Mintguy (T)
- Kemari is ancient. The costumes are unlike anything you'll find in the US. The two articles tell more about the ball (stuffing removed after the ball assumes its shape, etc.).
- See NHK story on kemari for photo. I've never seen it live, so I don't have any photos.
- Fg2 07:52, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
- I've seen it on TV. I'm after some images for both this article and the football article. Mintguy (T)
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- I recently went to a Kemari Matsuri at the Tanzan Shrine in Nara. I took a fair number of photos and I'll be sure to upload some of them tonight when I get around to sorting through them. --Brad Beattie (talk) 04:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
- Done. I have plenty more, but I figured I'd upload the two best. If you want more, just ask. :) I also uploaded a couple shots of Tanzan Shrine: User:BradBeattie/Photography#Nara, although no such article exists now and I don't really know much about it to write anything. --Brad Beattie (talk) 09:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
A brief reading of the Wikipedia Japanese page on Kemari shows that the section on it's being non-competitive is totally wrong. So, I'm removing that. Can't people look up the pages in the language of the country of origin of these things before writing entries? Yorinaga 14:11, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
- No, not really. Why should anyone writing about a Japanese subject be expected to be fluent in Japanese? --Gwern (contribs) 19:32 11 August 2007 (GMT)
[edit] Fashionable?
One source with almost identical wording does not have 'not' in this sentence: "This type of clothing was called kariginu and it was not [sic] fashionable at that time." Seems to make more sense without it?
