Girls playing football at Kagawa Prefectural Marugame Public High School for Girls, around 1919-1920 (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Girls playing football at Kagawa Prefectural Marugame Public High School for Girls, around 1919-1920

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Girls playing football at Kagawa Prefectural Marugame Public High School for Girls, around 1919-1920 (Taisho 8-Taisho 9). This was previously one of the two oldest known photos of women's football in Japan (Yoshihiro Sakita, et al. Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sports Science. March 11, 2021).

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Yoshihiro Sakita, et al. Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sports Science. March 11, 2021

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