Yanagita, Kunio /
Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962) is generally regarded as the founder of modern folk studies (minzokugaku) in Japan (note that this entry follows the Japanese convention of listing the surname [family name] first, followed by the given name). However, a brief glance at his life reveals the diverse scholar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Summary: | Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962) is generally regarded as the founder of modern folk studies (minzokugaku) in Japan (note that this entry follows the Japanese convention of listing the surname [family name] first, followed by the given name). However, a brief glance at his life reveals the diverse scholarly contributions made by this ambitious son of Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912). A socially engaged intellectual, he came of age in a Japan that had only recently adopted a parliamentary government and was in the midst of wide-ranging efforts to modernizeand Westernizeeverything from politics and industry to culture and society. Driven by what he saw as Japan's modern crisis of identity, Yanagita became a self-made scholar who took a culturally focused, interdisciplinary attitude to solving that problem. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529748475 152974847X 9781526421036 1526421038 |