The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters With Rural Life and Folklore

by Tsuneichi, Miyamoto

• ISBN13: 9781933330808
• ISBN10: 1933330805
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Tsuneichi Miyamoto (19071981), a leading Japanese folklore scholar and rural advocate, walked 160,000 kilometers to conduct interviews and capture a dying way of life. This collection of photos, vignettes, and life stories from pre- and postwar rural Japan is the first English translation of his modern Japanese classic. From blowfish to landslides, Miyamoto's stories come to life in Jeffrey Irish's fluid translation.

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction	p. 7
Author's Preface	p. 14
Life Stories
Meetings	p. 21
Folksongs	p. 30
Grandpa Kajita Tomigor&obar;	p. 41
Nagura Talk	p. 58
Women's Society	p. 90
Tosa Genji	p. 108
My Grandfather	p. 128
The Worldly (I): Masuda Itar&obar;	p. 145
The Worldly (II): Sakon Kumata	p. 161
Literate Transmitters (I): Tanaka Umeji	p. 178
Literate Transmitters (II): Takagi Seiichi	p. 195
Village Stories
The Child Hunt	p. 213
Tosa Terakawa Night Tale	p. 217
Village Meetings	p. 226
The Story of Kawame	p. 237
Totsukawa Landslide	p. 264
Birth of New Totsukawa Village	p. 281
The Wanderers' Family Tree	p. 285
Glossary	p. 305
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