Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - THE THIRD OLDEST GOLF COURSE IN JAPAN -Early original photograph of the 9th green of the Sengoku golf course at the Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita, Japan, c1925.Original photograph. Undated but circa 1925. Unmounted. Captioned in the negative 'The Golf Rink of The Fujiya Hotel, Hakone Hot Spring.' and a further caption in Japanese. Size: 15cm x 10.1cm.Very Good condition. Some paper residue on reverse where previously mounted to an album page. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, and view gallery images closely.The Sengoku golf course was built in the Hakone Valley in 1917, making it the third oldest golf course in Japan (and the second oldest public course). Designed by Scotsman T.E. Colchester, it was originally a 9-hole course, intended mainly for guests at the Fujiya Hotel. In 1935, a further 9 holes were added by designer Shiro Akaboshi.Photographs of the golf course from the 1920s are quite rare.Provenance: extracted from a photograph album compiled by a Western visitor to Japan in the 1920s. key words:
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Non-Fiction Subject: Sports
Year Printed: 1925
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Binding: Unbound
Region: Asia
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Fujiya Hotel
Place of Publication: Miyanoshita
Special Attributes: Illustrated
