Kemari (蹴鞠) is the traditional game in which the players (usually eight) form a circle and kick a ball back and forth without letting it fall to the ground. It is thought to have come to Japan from China. There are records of it's being played at the imperial court as early as the mid-7th century.
Kemari achieved wide popularity among the Kuge(公卿court nobles)during the Nara(奈良710-794) ,Heian(平安794-1185),Kamakura(鎌倉1185-1333)periods and later spread among both warriors and commoners.
The playing field was known as the kakari, an area about 6 meters (20 ft) square with one tree planted at each of the four corners (a willow, a cherry, a pine, and a maple). Players wearing leather shoes shout as they kicked the ball, a deerskin ball (鞠) 24 centimetres (9.4 in) in diameter.
Kemari achieved wide popularity among the Kuge(公卿court nobles)during the Nara(奈良710-794) ,Heian(平安794-1185),Kamakura(鎌倉1185-1333)periods and later spread among both warriors and commoners.
The playing field was known as the kakari, an area about 6 meters (20 ft) square with one tree planted at each of the four corners (a willow, a cherry, a pine, and a maple). Players wearing leather shoes shout as they kicked the ball, a deerskin ball (鞠) 24 centimetres (9.4 in) in diameter.
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