Japanese baseball 1923 (Identification & Translation Help)

[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

[Scott Garner]

FWIW, he definitely looks like a pitcher to me.
Great detective work provided by all the other board members, BTW.

[Misha]

FYI, Keio University is one of the elite private universities here in Tokyo ( and Japan). Founded in 1858, it's akin to Harvard/Yale etc in stature. The Japanese ¥10,000 note which is equivalent to $100, has the founder of Keio University on it.

[smokelessjoe]

Wow Misha,

Special thanks to your Mom!

Here is a Japanese baseball postcard that I have posted before - I have had some help with translation, but would love to know what the personal inscription says?

Is this something your mother can read?

Translation on the front reads:

USS Cleveland vs. Waseda University Big Baseball Match Commemoration (Victory Waseda)

"The 2 cancellation dates are from the reign of Emperor Meiji (Hirohito's grandfather). The date on the postmark in the middle of the card is
October 7, 1908 - the 41st year of the reign of Meiji. The postmark on the stamp is October 4th, so 2 different post offices cancelled the card. The addressee was in Tokyo."