Heart Mountain Baseball team photo

Past Exhibition

More Than a Game

Sport in the Japanese American Community

Sports Trivia

Test your knowledge of these sports in the Japanese American community: golf, wrestling, racing, basketball, judo, kendo, bowling, baseball, sumo, and weightlifting!

View a set of twelve sports cards that were produced in conjunction with the More Than a Game exhibition by the JANM Store designed by Gary van der Steur.

Sports Trivia

Sports Trivia

Test your knowledge of these sports in the Japanese American community: golf, wrestling, racing, basketball, judo, kendo, bowling, baseball, sumo, and weightlifting!

View a set of twelve sports cards that were produced in conjunction with the More Than a Game exhibition by the JANM Store designed by Gary van der Steur.

Sports Trivia

Sports Trivia

Test your knowledge of these sports in the Japanese American community: golf, wrestling, racing, basketball, judo, kendo, bowling, baseball, sumo, and weightlifting!

View a set of twelve sports cards that were produced in conjunction with the More Than a Game exhibition by the JANM Store designed by Gary van der Steur.

More Than a Game Sport Cards

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SPORTSCARDS

Harold Sakata, ca. 1950

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Richard K.Tomita (99.62)

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BASEBALL

Zebra Team, Heart Mountain Concentration Camp. 1944

Japanese American National Museum. Gift of Mori Shimada (92.10)

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JUDO

Judo Championship Senior, Terminal Island, 1932

Japanese American National Museum. Gift of Kiyoshi Sakamoto (95.183)

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SUMO

Sumo Tournament, Sacramento Area, Late 1930s

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Fumi Shibata (97.99)

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WEIGHTLIFTING

Tommy Kono, 1952

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of the Kono Family (97.141.5)

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KENDO

Kendo Student James Kai, Livingston, CA.1930s

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Fred & Kimiko Kishi (97.202)

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BOWLING

Holiday Bowl Team. ca.1958

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Dusty Mizunoue (98.243.1)

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WRESTLING

Tetsuro “Rubberman” Higami with Babe Ruth, 1930s

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Momo Nagano (99.46)

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BASKETBALL

Basketball game, Denver. ca. 1940

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of the Ito family of Denver (99.70)

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Reedley Manjiettes, Central California.1932

Japanese American National Museum, Anonymous Gift (99.280)

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GOLF

Golf Tournament, Gila Concentration Camp 1944

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Momo Nagano (2000.46)

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RACING

Yam Oka, Top Oval Track Racer. ca.1950

Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Dr. Earnest T. Nagamatsu (2000.50)

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