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Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo – Antique Print

Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo, 1963 — historic print
Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo, 1963. Historic print from the Baseball collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo

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Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward was among the first baseball grounds built in Japan to resemble the purpose-built American ballparks of the day, and it became the home of the Yomiuri Giants, the country's most storied professional club. This 1963 halftone, one of a numbered series of Tokyo subjects from the 1960s, shows the stadium at a time when baseball drew large crowds and the ballpark stood at the center of city life. The Giants played at Korakuen until 1987, when the team moved to the Tokyo Dome. Viewed today, the print captures a postwar Tokyo in which the ballpark was both a sporting venue and a gathering place.

Created / published1963
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints 1960-1970.
NotesNo. 38.
SubjectsBaseball--Japan--Tokyo--1960-1970. Stadiums--Japan--Tokyo--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165593

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