Title: The origin of ethnography in Japan
Subtitle: Yanagita Kunio and his times
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.
Subjects: Folklorists, Ethnology, Biography, Folklore, Social life and customs, Folklore, japan, Ethnology, japan, Japan, social life and customs, Folkloristes, Biographies, Ethnologie, Mœurs et coutumes, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, General, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Folklore & Mythology, Manners and customs
Places: Japan
People: Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962)