2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The comprehensive study of conservation and application of folk tale

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15520107
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Tokyo Gakugei University
Principal Investigator	ISHII Masami Tokyo Gakugei University, education, professor, 教育学部, 教授 (30251565)
Project Period (FY)	2003 – 2004
Keywords	folk tale / Tono / conservation / application / sightseeing / Kunio Yanagita / Kizen Sasaki / taleteller
Research Abstract	The city of Tono in Iwate Prefecture is famous for the scene of "Tono-monogatari" written by Kunio Yanagita. After while, it has become known as "the home town of folk tale". On the one hand, the data of folk tale has been collected in the library and museum for long time, and on the other hand, local people put a great deal of effort into tourism which is based on the folk tales. It is a great characteristic that taletellers welcome visitors and tell the stories like "Tono-monogatari". When they go on with these businesses, they are founded on the achievements of Kizen Sasaki, who collected folk tales first in Japan. It has been a long time since a folk tale was said to end, but in Tono they leave folk tales not only written in letters but also lively told by taletellers. I have to say that the influence of tourism is much important. In this study, I maily reveal the present situation. People unify in such form and grope for the conservation and application of folk tales.