Tag: The Wilson Quarterly

by The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1982 (Dec 10, 1982) An eccentric but apt metaphor of the Japanese character (and economy) is provided in Robert Whiting’s The Chrysanthemum and the Bat. Baseball met an ambivalent reception in 19th century Japan. One critic called it a “pick-pocket’s sport… The players are tensely on the lookout to swindle…