Japan Studies: Japanese Folklore : Introduction
Introduction to Folklore Studies
For the general introduction to the folkloristics, the following may be useful:
Books:
Feintuch, Burt, ed. 2003. Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
Oring, Elliott. 1986. Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Logan: Utah State University Press.
Schoemaker, George H. 1990. The Emergence of Folklore in Everyday Life: A Fieldguide and Sourcebook. Bloomington: Trickster Press.
Website:
A Guide to Folklore Resources (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Folklore LibGuide (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Introduction to Japanese Folklore Studies
Articles
Morse, Ronald. 1985. Yanagita Kunio, and the Modern Japanese Consciousness. Cornell East Asia Papers 37: 11-28.
Shimamura, Takanori. 2003. “Cultural Diversity and Folklore Studies in Japan: A Multiculturalist Approach.” Asian Folklore Studies 62.2: 195–224.
Books
- Indian and Japanese folklore : an introductory assessment byCall Number: GR305 I53 1984Contains: "History of Japanese Literature" by Masahiro Manabe; "Japanese Folk Songs: An Assessment of Kunio Yanagita's Study" by Kenji Nagaike; "Sumi-uta of Amami: A Study of Folk Music" by Ruriko Uchida; "A Study of Japanese Folktales" by Akira Fukuda; "Parallel Relationships of Folktales Between India and Nanto Islands in Japan" by Kinichi Yamashita; "Popular Beliefs and Folk Religions in Japan" by Shigeo Takaya; "Proverbs in Japan" by Tatehiko Oshima.
- Folklore in Japanese life and customs byCall Number: DS821 O819 1963
- History and folklore studies in Japan byCall Number: DS834.7 H568 2006
- Images of Japan byCall Number: GR340 W34 1989Introduction and Pronunciation, Daruma, The Red Calf (Aka beko); Doll's Festival, The Millstones, Maneki-neko, The Flying Farmer, Chrysanthemum, Spirit Warship, Sea Bream Cart, Kagura Masks, Yawata Horse, Kokeshi, Tengu, Children's Day (Boy's Day), The Stonemason, Hagoita, Okinasan, Thread Balls, Raccoon Dogs, Yoshitsune and Benkei, Index.
- Imagining Japan: the Japanese tradition and its modern interpretation byCall Number: DS821 B4353 2003
- Mirror of Modernity: invented traditions of modern Japan byCall Number: DS822.25 M57 1998 (Mem Lib; Coll Lib Rm 1191)
Japanese Folkloristics (General)
In Memorial Library Regular Stacks
The origin of ethnography in Japan : Yanagita Kunio and his times by Call Number: GR55 Y3 K3813 1993ISBN: 0710304501
International perspectives on Yanagita Kunio and Japanese folklore studies by Call Number: DS503.4 C58 no.37
The forgotten Japanese : encounters with rural life and folklore by Call Number: DS821 M61513 2010
Yanagita Kunio and the Folklore Movement by Call Number: GR55 Y3 M6 ; GR55 Y3 M6 1974aThesis -- Princeton University- Studies in Japanese Folklore by Call Number: GR340 S78 1963
