Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
My library | Help | Advanced Book Search | Web History | Sign in

Books

Sayonara Home Run!:

The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card
Front Cover
5 Reviews
Chronicle Books, Feb 16, 2006 - Antiques & Collectibles - 191 pages
With talented young Japanese players signing to the American Majors, interest in Japanese baseball is at an all-time high. Sayonara Home Run! introduces curious fans to Japan's national pastime through the lens of the country's playfully beautiful baseball cards. A fascinating text traces the roots and cross-cultural history of the Japanese game, while hundreds of illustrations showcase gorgeous vintage cards. Woven throughout are profiles of key Japanese players, features on important U.S. team tours of Japan (with Japanese cards of players such as Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio), and insights into the social history of the cards. Including primers on Japanese player nicknames and baseball terms, and the fine points of the Japanese game, Sayonara Home Run! is a must-have for anyone interested in baseball, Japan, or this unique chapter in popular design.

What people are saying - Write a review

User ratings

5 stars
3
4 stars
2
3 stars
0
2 stars
0
1 star
0

Review: Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card

User Review  - Manheim Wagner - Goodreads

One of the rare books that you don't need to read to appreciate, but if you do the experience is enhanced. An amazing book about what should be considered art: Japanese baseball cards. Read full review

Review: Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card

User Review  - Robert - Goodreads

Great mashup of traditional Japanese themes, baseball festishism, printing techniques, typography, and early anime. Who could ask for more? Read full review

All 5 reviews »

Related books

References from web pages

bbtf's Boys of Summer Reading Discussion :: Sayonara Home Run!
Sayonara Home Run! Sayonara Home Run! The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card. John Gall/Gary Engel. Forward by Steven Heller. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, ...
www.baseballthinkfactory.org/ files/ reading/ discussion/ sayonara_home_run/

Dinged Corners: Sayonara Home Run!
Even though I don't know much about most of the players covered here, the graphics and writing style of John Gall and Gary Engel make this a great bedside ...
baseballdiamondgirl.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ sayonara-home-run.html

Cut Through the Roaring Thunder with Your Swing!: Voice: AIGA ...
... John Gall is the art director for Vintage/Anchor Books. He is the author, with Gary Engel, of Sayonara Home Run: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card. ...
www.aiga.org/ content.cfm/ cut-through-the-roaring-thunder

Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card $18.95 ...
Chronicle Books Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card With talented young Japanese players signing to the American Majors, ...
www.chroniclebooks.com/ index/ main,book-info/ store,books/ products_id,5559/ title,Sayonara-Home-Run/

John Gall, Book Cover Designer, Lectures > School of Design ...
His recent book with Gary Engel, Sayonara Home Run! The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card, outlines the colorful history of the culture and history ...
www.design.cmu.edu/ show_news.php?id=123& m=200704

【楽天市場】Sayonara Home Run: The Art of the Japanese Baseball ...
Sayonara Home Run: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card(Sayonara Home Run: The Art of … ... Sayonara Home Run: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card ...
item.rakuten.co.jp/ book/ 4218770/

Macmillan Publishers New Zealand
This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. ...
macmillan.co.nz/ getbook/ 0811849456/ showbook

Delve Deeper into "Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball"
Delve Deeper into "Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball". A film by Kenneth Eng. This multi-media resource list,. compiled by Susan Conlon of the ...
www.pbs.org/ pov/ pov2006/ kokoyakyu/ pdf/ pov_kokoyakyu_dd.pdf

MBR: California Bookwatch, May 2006
SAYONARA HOME RUN! THE ART OF THE JAPANESE BASEBALL CARD features player history, card art, and loved and hated baseball teams alike. ...
www.midwestbookreview.com/ calbw/ may_06.htm

Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card - 洋書 ...
すべて, 和書, 洋書, エレクトロニクス, ホーム&キッチン, ミュージック, DVD, ビデオ, ソフトウェア, ゲーム, おもちゃ&ホビー, スポーツ, ヘルス&ビューティ...
ps3navi.sakura.ne.jp/ ps3navi/ amazon/ asin/ ForeignBooks/ 0811849457/

About the author (2006)

John Gall is the art director for Vintage/Anchor Books. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Gary Engel is a collector, dealer, and noted authority on Japanese baseball cards. He lives in Southern California.

Steven Heller is the author of ninety books on design and popular culture.

Bibliographic information