Japanese baseball 1923 (Identification & Translation Help)

There was a team in Hawai'i, known as Asahi, founded in 1905:

http://faroutliers.wordpress.com/200...waii-1920s40s/

The most well-known Japanese American baseball team in Seattle was named the Taiyo All-Stars in the 1920's. Great image!!!!

[prewarsports]

I really appreciate the help guys, I am great with whatever the outcome is, I just want to make sure the history of the item is preserved.

Rhys

[Dto7]

Asahi early baseball teams

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cd...ISOSTART=1,101

[baseball tourist]

A Japanese colleague of mine took a shot at translating reports that the text to the right (reverse of photo) is so sloppy that it is difficult to make out unfort. The seal in the middle references "Tokyo", a shrine, "South Town" and "Sept 9th". She said she will share this with family members this week to see if they can assist.

Awesome Chris! The Great Kanto Earthquake occurred September 1st, 1923. Tokyo "was devastated"....very interested in the translation of the PC....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Gr...33;_earthquake

[Misha]

Ok, my Japanese mom translated it. Here it is:

The writing says this photo was taken on Sept. 9th, 1920 at Keio University grounds. The person in the photo is an American catcher named South (C. E. or L. E. ?). He is shown practicing after the game at Keio. He was a member of the All-Hawaii baseball team that was visiting Japan at the time.

Check out this website, same link as Ty gave previously: http://faroutliers.wordpress.com/200...waii-1920s40s/

UPDATE:
The Japanese character for catcher and pitcher are somewhat similar. The writing on the card is not too clear. It looks more like catcher than pitcher, but looking at the photo it seems like he is a pitcher.

[prewarsports]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it and will preserve the info with the photo!

Rhys