Mitsuhisa Kato

Japanese: 加藤光尚 - かとうみつひさ
Mitsuhisa Kato

Swimming is a sport that involves swimming on the surface of water or underwater. It is also called yūei, and was called suiren until the end of the Edo period. Currently, in addition to competitive swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo, and diving are also included in the category of swimming events.
[Corporate History]
It is believed that humans have swam since ancient times to gather food from underwater, cross rivers, and escape drowning, and it is also believed that religious bathing and washing the body for hygiene gave rise to swimming. Records of this include ancient Egyptian papyrus documents (2000 BCE), drawings of soldiers excavated from Nimrud in Assyria (9th century BCE), and the ancient Chinese works Zhuangzi, Liezi, and Huainanzi.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kato Mitsunao" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水面または水中を泳ぐ運動をさす。游泳ともいい,江戸時代末までは水練(すいれん)と呼ばれていた。競技としては現在は競泳のほか,シンクロナイズドスイミング,水球,飛込競技も水泳競技に含めている。
【沿革】
 人類は太古から,水中の食料を採集したり,川を横切ったり,水難からのがれるために泳いだと想像され,また,宗教的な沐浴(もくよく),衛生のための洗身も水泳を生んだと思われる。記録としては,古代エジプトのパピルス文書(前2000年),アッシリアのニムルド出土の兵士の図(前9世紀),中国古代の《荘子》《列子》《淮南子(えなんじ)》などがある。…

※「加藤光尚」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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