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Lot # 709: 1930s "Keio v Waseda University" Baseball Kimono - The Nippon Collection

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 4 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2018 Invitational",
which ran from 7/15/2018 9:00 AM to
8/17/2018 10:00 PM



Art Deco with comic-like designs of play from University powerhouses, Keio and Waseda. Illustrations include geometric patterns with scoreboards, baseball batter's box, baseballs and more. This is a slightly heavier, kids size kimono with a brilliant teal that contrasts remarkably with the more muted colors throughout. Also has a teal breast tie indicating that this was for a young girl. From the Nippon Baseball Kimono Collection, an important archive of baseball and other sports-themed kimonos recently discovered in Japan and exported to the United States. Compiled over many decades they are the finest we have seen.

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