Japanese Judo book

[sjacobson]

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I have come into posession of some old Japanese Judo books and was wondering if anyone can tell me who the authors are and when they were published. I have hopefully attached a picture of the slip cover of one book. I can post the others once I know this one workes.

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

Yes, I can tell you later, bouncing out the door now.

Best thing is to post the back data page - it will have publishing date, publisher, etc. It will usually have a logo of some sort, maybe a small red stamp, all text centered, usually the last page with print.

The name is a bit unusual, and I don't want to mispronounce it, plus it's using the old characters. I'll look it up later.

Book's title is 'Middle School Judo'.

PreWWII from the cover. I may have a copy of it someplace, there were tons of this type of instructional book printed for grammar school judo teachers' reference. Some by quite famous judoka, others by relative unknowns.

Lance

[fifthchamber]

The books title is "Chugakko Judo" (In modern Japanese "中学校柔道" and in older Japanese "中學校柔道" with the "Gaku" kanji just slightly altered)...I believe that the Authors name is "Aitani 藍谷　Muneo 宗雄" although with names being rather individual there is no way of telling for sure with just this cover...The first Kanji used is "Kan" (監) (Lance, "Kenmotsu Dome - 監物留") so the name could be "Kentani/Kantani/Kenya/Kanya" possibly....I searched google using "Aitani" and got a couple of hits for books related to Judo and schools, so I would go with that...But I can't be sure.

As Lance mentions, there is no date on the book cover, the page he mentions will have the printing date I suspect.

The author (Aitani) seems to have published quite a few books related to Judo and it's being taught in Junior High and Elementary schools from what I can gather online..

Regards..

[fifthchamber]

Hmm..Ran out of editing time..

It's not, it's "Shiotani Muneo", with an older version of the Kanji for "salt" being used here (塩谷宗雄). The meaning is close to the modern Kanji, although it implies a natural origin, as in "rock salt"..The Google search shows he was writing in the 50's at least..

Interesting...

[sjacobson]

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Thanks for the information. This is the back page with the stamp.

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

Seibido Shoten (bookstore), Tokyo (still a similar place see https://www.seibido.co.jp an educational book publisher)
Showa 12 (1937)

This scan is really not showing up well, don't know if it's my computer / screen combo or not.

I'll poke around some more later.

Lance

[Lance Gatling]

Seibido Shoten (bookstore), Tokyo (still a similar place see https://www.seibido.co.jp an educational book publisher)
Showa 12 (1937)

This back page scan is really not showing up well, don't know if it's my computer / screen combo or not.

The front cover reads top to bottom, right to left:
Modern school education complete collection
School budo edition - 3rd (edition?)

Middle School Judo

Tokyo High School Instructor
School Associate Professor?

Tokyo
Seibido

I'll poke around some more later. There were tons of these around.

Lance

[Josh Reyer]

The front cover reads top to bottom, right to left:
Modern school education complete collection
School budo edition - 3rd (edition?)

第三巻 - Volume 3. Edition would be 版 han.


Tokyo High School Instructor
School Associate Professor?

學校助教諭 - 教諭 are public school teachers. So "assistant teacher".

[Lance Gatling]

第三巻 - Volume 3. Edition would be 版 han.



學校助教諭 - 教諭 are public school teachers. So "assistant teacher".

Thanks - I tried that .jpg in 2-3 s/w, couldn't get any kind of resolution, was just guessing half-blind for some of it. Even tried Photoshop, maybe it's my notebook computer.

I'd go w/ Josh's edit.

Anyhow, not necessarily a book of note, must've been scores of this sort of manual printed.

Does it show basic judo from ukemi on up?

Cheers,

[sjacobson]

Thanks for the great information. I would not have known where to even start. The book features line drawings starting with wearing the uniform (the belt is not tied in the normal fashion), falling, throwing, grounding fighting, striking and self defense. I have another in the series that covers kendo but with photographs rather than drawings. I also have some other books I would like to know about if you wouldn't mind. I will try to post some better scans. Trying to keep file size to a minimum.

Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

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This should be the copyright page of a another Judo book.

Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

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This should be the title page.

Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee296/Labrat_photobucket/Judoblueb.jpg

The author?

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee296/Labrat_photobucket/Judoblueb.jpg

The author?

Stuart Jacobson
More interesting book this time. How's this stuff end up in Idaho? Probably aren't a dozen people in the state that can read it, and fewer would understand it.

Pic is of one of the authors - Isogai Hajime. Head of the Butokuaki judo division, 10th dan Kodokan judo. Look at his physique - he was a bull. Wrote very famous 'Judo Handbook' reprinted scores of times.

Cover indicates their affiliations with the Budo Senmon Gakko, and their honorary titles from the Butokukai - Isogai is hanshi, Kurihara is kyoshi (Butokukai Imperial titles , not given by the Kodokan then or now. Only given now by the Kendo Renmei, the International Martial Arts Federation, and the modern ersatz Butokukai.)

Co-author - Kurihara Tamio. 9dan judo, posthumously promoted to 10dan.

see judoforum.com for Kurihara info, this thread mentions this book
http://judoforum.com/index.php?showtopic=24450&pid=345177&mode=threaded&start=#entry345177

Dai Nihon Jûdô Kyôten
Imperial Japan Judo 'Scriptures', or 'Bible' (or 'Greater Japan', as you wish.)
6th (?) edition, 1926 ( 1st edition 1922)
Tokyo, Japan

I'm still having troubles with the resolution, I'm technically graphics challenged..... :(

[Lance Gatling]

Sorry, should perhaps best read

Dai Nihon Jûdô Kyôten
Imperial Japan Judo Doctrine (or 'Greater Japan', as you wish.)
6th (?) edition, 1936 ( 1st edition 1932)
Fuzanbo; Tokyo, Japan

I'm still having troubles with the resolution, I'm technically graphics challenged..... now my math is heading south... time for bed.

Also, this one should have an interesting exploration of koshiki no kata, it does in a couple of my editions. There was also a later, revised edition entitled 'The New.....' A pretty popular book by two high powered judoka, published in multiple editions.

Please post a pic or two in payment of my services!

Cheers,

[sjacobson]

These books were given to my brother-in-law by a karate instructor who picked them up in Japan. He passed away last month and my sister gave them to me since I have been collection martial arts books since the early 70's. I still have four or five more to ask about. Here are some more pages from this one.

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Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

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This is the first and last page of another old judo book. The copyright page does not have a stamp this time.

Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

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These are pictures from the front section. I assume one of these, probably the last, is the author.

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

A good one, classic.

Yokoyama, Sakujirou, and Oshima, Eisuke.
柔道教本 in modern Japanese, 'Judo Kyohon'
Judo Instruction Book
Tokyo: Daido, 1937, 5th printing. Note: 1st edition １９２３．
forward by Jigoro Kano

Pix in order, top to bottom, right to left:
Kano Jigoro shihan
Yokoyama Sakujirou 8dan - author (don't know where Oshima is, I don't have time to grab one of my copies)
Yamashita Toshitsugu 10dan who loved topcoats, I have a pic of him doing a kata in one....
Isogai Hajime 9dan (later 10dan)
Nagaoka Hidekazu 9dan (later 10dan)
Iizuka, Kunisaburo　８dan (later 10dan)
Mifune, Kyuzo 8dan (later 10dan)
Samura, Kaichiro 8dan (later 10dan)

and a barechested Mifune (not the author). Studly, eh?

Depending on condition, worth good money. Maybe not a huge amount because was reprinted over many years, and this is a later edition, but worth it for the pix alone.

See an earlier version here, note the 'tai otoshi'. :D
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/108220004
English book review of original version, which was sold above
http://www.bestjudo.com/brjudosakujiroyokoyama.shtml
English version also printed, I think there's a modern reprint of this out now.
http://www.biblio.com/books/97967096.html

See the great judoinfo.com for more, and a great group photo of the above gents
http://www.judoinfo.com/judan.htm

Nice one, how's its condition?

Just FYI, next to last page notes
'Standard price, 1yen 80sen'
'Special price, 1yen 50sen' so it was on sale, probably because so many were printed.

This just keeps getting better, you teasing us or is it really random?

Bye,

[Lance Gatling]

BTW the earliest version of this book I can find was published in 1914. Those are rare, it seems. Makes it one of the earlier judo books.

[finarashi]

From Kodokan's book collection one can find that english edition; "Judo" by Yokoyama, Sakujirō (1864 - 1914) and Oshima, Eisuke, Tokyo, Japan, Nishodo, 1915, 297p and french edition "Judo : manuel de jiu-jitsu de l'ecole Kano a Tokio" by Yokoyama, Sakujirō (1864 - 1914) and Oshima, Eisuke, Paris, France, Berger-Levrault, 1911, xi,209p were quite soon on the market.

The earliest "true" Judo books in english are "Judo : Japanese physical culture" by Arima, Sumitomo, Tokyo, Japan, Mitsumura, 1908, 116p and "The text-book of Ju-jutsu as practised in Japan", Uenishi (Uyenishi), Sadakazu (1880 - ), London, United Kingdom, Athletic Pub., 1905, 106p.

[sjacobson]

Nice one, how's its condition?


Just FYI, next to last page notes
'Standard price, 1yen 80sen'
'Special price, 1yen 50sen' so it was on sale, probably because so many were printed.

This just keeps getting better, you teasing us or is it really random?

Bye,[/QUOTE]

I would say that it is in good condition. The slip cover has some dings but the book itself is in very good shape.

I am just picking them out at random. I will try to post another today.

Stuart Jacobson

[DustyMars]

The few times I was in Mifune sensei’s presence he was not quite as muscular as that photo shows, but at 75 years old he certainly could demonstrate great technique and abilities on the tatami. He actually spoke to a few of us GI Judoka a few times at the Kodokan and was quite a nice person. I wish someone had a camera then, wouldn’t that be a great save?

More than once he would drop in on the SAC-ARDC combative measures class to demonstrate some technique with Kotani sensei, at the time only a hachidan. I only wish my old memory could conjure up detailed visions of that period of time! :cry:

[sjacobson]

The few times I was in Mifune sensei’s presence he was not quite as muscular as that photo shows, but at 75 years old he certainly could demonstrate great technique and abilities on the tatami. He actually spoke to a few of us GI Judoka a few times at the Kodokan and was quite a nice person. I wish someone had a camera then, wouldn’t that be a great save?

More than once he would drop in on the SAC-ARDC combative measures class to demonstrate some technique with Kotani sensei, at the time only a hachidan. I only wish my old memory could conjure up detailed visions of that period of time! :cry:

You think of these people as always being gray haired old men but they were young once too. That picture is a long life away from the "Cannon of Judo"

Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

These are from a 5 1/2" x 8" book with an orange slip cover.

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Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

Easy one -

Matsuoka, Tatsusaburou 6dan
松岡辰三郎
昭和の柔道　Showa no Judo, 'Judo for the Showa Era' might be an OK translation
博文官 Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1935 (Year Showa 10)

A judo technical book, aimed at school teachers.

First edition, I'm not really sure this was reprinted in more than one edition.

Standard fare, similar to your first but better known, perhaps.

[Lance Gatling]

The few times I was in Mifune sensei’s presence he was not quite as muscular as that photo shows, but at 75 years old he certainly could demonstrate great technique and abilities on the tatami. He actually spoke to a few of us GI Judoka a few times at the Kodokan and was quite a nice person. I wish someone had a camera then, wouldn’t that be a great save?

More than once he would drop in on the SAC-ARDC combative measures class to demonstrate some technique with Kotani sensei, at the time only a hachidan. I only wish my old memory could conjure up detailed visions of that period of time! :cry:

He didn't get nekkid with you guys, did he? :eek:

[DustyMars]

Well, not really. But a Judogi isn't exactly like a suit and tie, so one's chest is partially exposed. He appeared somewhat frail to me then, but anyone his age in the eyes of a 20 year old would look old and worn out. In fact, to my younger eyes a dude at 30 looked old! ;)

At first I had no idea who he was because he didn't wear the traditional red obi when he visited with us. Only after I saw him on the main dojo floor did it dawn on me who he was. Now I am old and gray :cry:

[sjacobson]

This book appears to be newer than the others. It has a slip cover and a dust jacket. The pictures are stills from a movie. Here is the front page and the copyright page.

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Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

This looks like the author.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee296/Labrat_photobucket/NewerJudoAuthor.jpg

This is an example of the photographs.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee296/Labrat_photobucket/NewerJudoPic.jpg

We are almost to the last one ;).

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

New Judo - Tachiwaza (Standing Techniques)
Hoshizaki (somebody 治名 maybe Jimei?... I can't figure out his first name)
Tokyo: Shohoen, 1933

Hoshizaki 6dan

Reprinted in 19８3.

[sjacobson]

This last one is a two volume set. Volume one covers standing techniques. Volume two covers ground techniques. They could be part of a larger set.

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Stuart Jacobson

[sjacobson]

This looks like the author.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee296/Labrat_photobucket/1volumeauthor.jpg

Stuart Jacobson

[Lance Gatling]

......

Are you sure you've not rigged this? You've certainly saved the best for last. One of the most famous sets, at least in Japan. A decent set is worth $350-400 here. My favorite.

Oda, Join, 6th dan Kodokan judo.
Judo Taiken - Vol. 1 (上) and 2. Call it 'A General Survey of Judo'
Tokyo: Shoshikan, 1931 3ed. (1st ed 1929)

You'll see his first name mispronounced as 'Tsunetane' - almost no one at the Kodokan even knows how to say it correctly, and even those that knew him didn't use his given name.

Oda sensei was famous for his newaza; there are enough combinations and escapes in the groundwork volume to keep you busy for a lifetime.

Oda sense wrote these as a pretty young man; he was later one of my judo instructor's sensei. That is his pic from circa 1929.

A pretty rare find, rare, I think, overseas.

Nice collection! It would take you weeks of searching to put all that together today, even in Tokyo. Most are available, but not every day.

[Lance Gatling]

There is no more - the Taikan by Oda is only the 2 volumes.

Lg

[sjacobson]

Thanks Lance for all your help. I saved this set for last because it looked like it had the highest quality binding of all the books. The set is in very good shape. There are no slip covers or dust jackets but the covers are nice and the pages are clean with no rips or folds. It's nice to know the background of all the books even the lesser ones.

Thanks again to everyone who helped! :)

Stuart Jacobson

[france judokano]

Hello,
The book "Judo Chugakko" (presented first) is that of Muneo Shiotani (1906-1985). My professor at the University Nihon Daigaku Taiiku for my academic research on the mind of J. Kano and history of Judo (1977-1980). (I do not have that book!) (Excuse my bad english)

Shiotani entered the Ecole Normale Superieure J. Kano, from 1927 to 1931, then studied psychology at Bunrika Daigaku (Graduation Thesis: "The influence of judo on the development of body and mind." Student of Sakuraba and Nagaoka, he finished 5th dan.

He became a professor at the Normal School in 1934. J. Kano organizes his marriage then appointed him head of the "scientific research section" of the Kodokan. He published the first book in 1936.

During the war (7th dan), he was professor Ichiro ABE Shinichi OIMATSU. He is part of the refocused Butokukai Tokyo. He re-programmed Judo (as a method of defense) to enable teachers of Judo (Judo was arrested in schools) not to go to the front. He was accused of being responsible for the Prohibition of Judo by U.S. forces.

8th dan in 1975, he became a medical doctor and professor of social physical education (gymnastics ergonomic, suspension, etc.).
He no longer participated in the evolution of the Kodokan Judo, now sporting. This enabled him to teach me the thought of J. Kano (physical education, intellectual and moral), the influence of judo on personal development (medical) history and "hidden" from Japanese Judo (he was against the amalgam (national) is around "Budo" when the creation of the "Budokan" for the Olympics. For him, Judo was the way educational J. Kano, and not a "martial art".

I am pictured with him on my club website Pont Saint pierre Normandy:
http://judopsp.free.fr/JUDOPSP/Souvenirs.html

His teaching has enabled me to complete a thesis on the Judo J. Kano.
And translated into French his method: Judo (Jujutsu).
I teach and I practice Judo Kano independently for over 30 years in France, without any success.
http://judokano.free.fr
Amitiés
JF Hernandez

[LGatling]

Shiotani developed a modern hand to hand combat style during WWII, tried to convince the military to adopt it. I don't think it was widely taught, just some experiments.

Kano shihan retired from the Tokyo Higher Normal School in 1920, but was certainly still well known and active on issues there.