The origin of ethnography in Japan
Subtitle: Yanagita Kunio and his times
By: Minoru Kawada ; translated from Japanese by Toshiko Kishida-Ellis.
Series: Japanese studies
Publisher: Kegan Paul International
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Yanagita, Kunio, 1875-1962.; Folklorists -- Japan -- Biography.; Folklore -- Japan.; Ethnology -- Japan.; Japan -- Social life and customs.
Description: The many changes that have taken place in Japan as a result of the period of rapid economic growth - including the imbalance in development of primary and secondary industry; the tremendous expansion of heavy industry accompanied by the gradual decay of agriculture; the failure to establish a healthy productivity cycle; the destruction of the natural environment and traditional patterns of life and especially the emergence and rapid growth of social apathy due to the lack of a firmly-established base on which to build the burgeoning supra-modern 'popular society' - have renewed interest in the work of Yanagita Kunio (1872-1962), generally known as the founder of ethnography in Japan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-180) and index.
Translation of: Yanagita Kunio no shisōshiteki kenkyū.