Editing Cockfighting (section)

=== Japan ===
Cockfighting was introduced to Japan from China in the early 8th century and rose to popularity in the [[Kamakura period]] and the [[Edo period]].<ref name="Frédéric">Louis Frédéric, ''Japan Encyclopedia'' (trans. Käthe Roth: Harvard University Press, 2002), pp. 132–33.</ref> Cockfighting endured in some Japanese regions even after being banned in 1873,<ref name="Frédéric"/> during the [[Meiji period]].<ref>Frank Stewart & Katsunori Yamazato, ''Voices from Okinawa: Featuring Three Plays by Jon Shirota'' (University of Hawaii Press, 2009), p. 56.</ref>