Kemari (蹴鞠) is a ball game that was popular in Japan during the Heian Period. Kemari has been revived in modern times. ==History== The first evidence of kemari is from 644. The rules were standardized from the 13th century. It was the first Japanese sport to become highly developed. The game was influenced by the Chinese sport of Cuju. The cha...
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(from the article `sports`) ...peoples as different as the Chinese and the Aztecs. If ball games were contests rather than noncompetitive ritual performances, such as the ...
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