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DESCRIPTION:Baseball entered the Korean peninsula via American influences i
 n the first decade of the twentieth century. After Japan’s annexation of
  Korea in 1910\, Korean society\, and by extension\, Korean baseball\, cam
 e under strict colonial control and surveillance. However\, the 1920s poli
 cy of “Cultural Rule” saw the relaxation of control over Korean social
  life\, creating opportunities for ethnic Koreans to play baseball against
  Japanese settlers. In the metropole\, increasing competition between news
 papers engendered the emergence of sports coverage and media-sponsored tou
 rnaments\, notably the *Asahi Shimbun*’s Japanese National High School B
 aseball Championship. In 1923\, a high school team composed of ethnic Kore
 an players from Whimoon High School in Seoul defeated Japanese settler sch
 ool teams in the *Asahi Shimbun*’s Korean preliminary tournament\, winni
 ng a ticket to the championship held in the metropole. Whimoon became an o
 bject of intense media attention during their tournament run\, notably due
  to their identity as an ethnic Korean team from the colonies. Building on
  existing scholarship of colonial Korean baseball\, I analyze the *Asahi S
 himbun*’s coverage of Whimoon’s 1923 team\, from their initial victori
 es through to their eventual defeat\, focusing on narratives of ethnic ide
 ntity and the position of Koreans within the imperial sports landscape. Dr
 awing on post-match reports\, cartoons\, and published interviews\, analys
 is reveals tensions between various narratives and depictions of Korea and
  Koreans within Japan’s Empire. The media at times downplayed the ethnic
  character of the Whimoon team\, yet also emphasized their role as an exot
 ic “other” within the tournament. I argue that while the Whimoon playe
 rs and coaches played an active role in emphasizing their ethnic identity\
 , the position of the team and Koreans in imperial sport remained circumsc
 ribed in the logic of empire.
DTSTAMP:20260412T123921Z
LOCATION:Room 403 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:Baseball in Colonial Korea: Whimoon High School’s 1923 Tournament
  Run and Media Identities Under Empire - Michael Delphia
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/NK88CY/
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