History of Shinshu Baseball Lecture at Okaya Silk Museum – Nagano Nippo Web

Lecture introducing the history of baseball in Shinshu

On the 2nd, the Okaya Silk Museum in Okaya City held a lecture “Shinshu people who are enthusiastic about baseball-baseball and silk industry-” at the same building. A related project of the ongoing exhibition “Okaya 110th Anniversary Exhibition: Silk industry and Suwa silkworm baseball”. Katsumi Nishiyama, a former prefectural history museum employee, explained the history of baseball in Japan and Shinshu, and the activities of the prewar secondary school baseball club in the prefecture.

History based on the materials surveyed by Mr. Nishiyama, who was the curator in charge of the exhibition “History of Baseball in Shinshu” (2013) at the Prefectural Museum of History, including the materials held by the Okaya Technical High School Alumni Association. Spoke.

In the prefecture, the baseball club began to be established in the school, starting with the introduction of baseball in the Nagano prefecture version of the Japanese language textbook “Elementary School Reader” published in 1873. With the 1911 Tokyo Asahi Shimbun serialization “Baseball and its poisons”, the movement to eliminate baseball has accelerated nationwide. Even in the prefecture, the baseball club was abolished at Suwa Junior High School in the Taisho era.

Mr. Nishiyama explained the background, “As Japan advanced to a military power, baseball was warned that it would become” soft “and encouraged to train the mind and body with martial arts.” I understand. “

In addition, we will introduce the state of the Suwa Silk School Baseball Club’s expedition to Taiwan, which was realized with the support of local silk reelers including the Katakura Silk Mill. “The corporate philosophy of returning the profits to the region was particularly strong for the silk silk traders in Suwa. The backup became the driving force to lift not only baseball but also the economy and culture of the Suwa region.” ..

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