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Author Miyamoto, Tsuneichi, 1907-1981.

Title The forgotten Japanese : encounters with rural life and folklore / Miyamoto Tsuneichi ; translated by Jeffrey S. Irish.

Publication Info. Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Translated from the Japanese.
Contents Translator's introduction -- Author's preface -- Meetings -- Folksongs -- Grandpa Kajita Tomigoro -- Nagura talk -- Women's society -- Tosa Genji -- My grandfather -- The worldly (I): Masuda Itaro -- The worldly (II): Sakon Kumata -- Literature transmitters (I): Tanaka Umeji -- Literature transmitters (II): Takagi Seiichi -- The child hunt -- Tosa Terakawa night tale -- Village meetings -- The story of Kawame -- Totsukawa landslide -- Birth of a new Totsukawa village -- The wanderers' family tree.
Summary A revealing look into the hearts of the Japanese people and at rural lifestyles that have all but disappeared, in a long-awaited translation of a classic text by one of Japan's great folklore scholars.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Translated from the Japanese.
Subject Japan -- History.
Japan.
History.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Japan -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Irish, Jeffrey S.
Added Title Wasurerareta Nihonjin. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016015113
Other Form: Print version: Miyamoto, Tsuneichi, 1907-1981. Wasurerareta Nihonjin. English. Forgotten Japanese. Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, ©2010 9781933330808 (DLC) 2009024242 (OCoLC)216936971
ISBN 9781611725025 (electronic book)
161172502X (electronic book)
1933330805
9781933330808