PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-259-116

PARENT COLLECTION

Yasui Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this picture, [Shidzuyo Yasui] seems to be refereeing a battledore match between two young women. This game, which resembles badminton in a very sedate and genteel way, probably isn't played in Japan anymore, but it was in her day. The opponents bat a hard, round, marble-like thing, to which is attached feathers so that this bird thing always flies marble end first. The players use a wooden paddle to hit this bird back and forth. The shuttlecock is called a hago in Japanese and the board is called a hagoita (ita=board)."

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Yasui Family Collection

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