Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Women's Sport? Why Japan?

Chapter 2: Japanese Sportswomen in Context

Chapter 3: The Road to Participation in Competitive Sport

Chapter 4: From Calisthenics to Competition: Early Participation in International Sport

Chapter 5: From Antipathy to Applause: The Emergence of Female Powerhouses on the International Scene

Chapter 6: Progress and Potential: Sportswomen From Tokyo to Today

Chapter 7: "Affecting the Lives of All of Us": Analyzing Theoretical Issues of Japanese Women in Sport

Afterword: What About Women's Baseball and Women's Sumô?

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