1st Edition
Yanagita Kunio and the Folklore Movement Pbdirect The Search for Japan's National Character and Distinctiveness
By Ronald Morse
Copyright 1990
238 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This book provides a study of folklore in Japan. It also provides detail about Japanese political and literary trends which influenced or were influenced by the folklore scholarship of Yanagita. The book is useful for professional folklorists and any individual who is interested in folklore.
1. The Formative Years 2. Policy and Agrarian Society 3. Yanagita Folklore: Structure and Influence 4. The Sources for Yanagita’s “New National Learning” 5. The Folklorist’s Craft 6. Folklorist as Hero
Biography
Morse, Ronald