Folk cultures of Japan and East Asia.
Contributors: Pacific Science Congress (11th : 1966 : Tokyo, Japan)
Series: Monumenta Nipponica monographs,; no. 25
Publisher: Sophia University Press
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Ethnology -- East Asia -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Compiled on the occasion of the 11th Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo, Aug. 22-Sept. 10, 1966.
Table of contents: title: Origins of Japanese mythology, by T. Ōbayashi.; title: Mortuary customs and the family-kinship system in Japan and Ryūkyū, by T. Noguchi.; title: Rice rites in Japan and the Ryukyus: a comparative study, by M. Itō.; title: "Daughters of the gods": shaman-priestesses in Japan and Okinawa, by H. Kamata.; title: Taiwanese feasts and customs, by M. R. Saso.; title: Sphere of geographical knowledge and socio-political organization among the mountain peoples of Formosa, by T. Mabuchi.; title: Ethnic configurations in southern China, by Y. Shiratori.