Kunio yanagita biography of nancy

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    Kunio Yanagita

    Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)

    Kunio Yanagita
    柳田 國男

    Kunio Yanagita, circa 1940

    Born

    Kunio Matsuoka


    (1875-07-31)July 31, 1875

    Fukusaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

    DiedAugust 8, 1962(1962-08-08) (aged 87)

    Tokyo, Japan

    NationalityJapanese
    Occupation(s)Bureaucrat, Folklorist, Scholar, Writer
    Known forTōno Monogatari (遠野物語)
    Momotarō no Tanjō (桃太郎の誕生)
    Nihon mukashibanashi meii ("Japanese Folk Tales")
    SpouseTaka Yanagita (1904)
    ParentYakusai Matsuoka (father) Naohei Yanagita (father-in-law)
    Kyūjitai栁田 國男
    Shinjitai柳田 国男

    Kunio Yanagita (Japanese: 柳田 國男, Hepburn: Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese author, scholar, and folklorist.

    Kunio yanagita biography of nancy

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  • Japanese Folk Tales, an English translation of Nippon no Mukashibanashi, a collection of Japanese folktales assembled by Yanagita Kunio, translated by Fanny Hagin Mayer. PDF file.
  • Japanese Folk Tales, a separate edition of the above book, containing many tales not included in the earlier version. PDF file.

    • He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions. This led to a change in his career. His pursuit of this led to his eventual establishment of Japanese native folkloristics, or m