2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Organization of Japanese Folklore Studies under the War
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16520396
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSURUMI Taro Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 文学学術院, 助教授 (80288696)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | Yanaghita Kunio / folk / folklore / Hashiura Yasuo / Folk Society |
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| Research Abstract |
In the 1930's Yanaghita Kunio developed his own style of folk research and in 1935 established the Folk Society (Minkan-densho-no-kai), which many folklorists joined in order to develop their insight into native culture by studying Yanaghita's work. Yanaghita's relationship with folklorists Hashiura Yasuo, one of the leaders of proletarian cultural movement in 1920's, has been understood to be atypical "teacher-pupil" connection case. From the documentary investigation, based on a complication of materials once owned by Hashiura ; books, personal letters, field notes, pamphlets, it is seen that from the late 1930's Hashiura was a leader of the organized movement of Japanese folklore studies. The management of organization was based on people' reliance on Hashiura, and such reliance was due to Hasiura's moderate, realistic, and empirical personal character.
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