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ISBN 13 | 9781611720761 |
ISBN 10 | 1611720761 |
Author | Tsuneichi Miyamoto |
Language | English |
Book Description | A revealing look at rural lives and lifestyles that have all but disappeared today. |
About the Author | Tsuneichi Miyamoto (1907-81) was a a leading scholar of Japanese folklore and customs. He walked over 160,000 kilometers through rural Japan, collecting the songs, stories, and images of a dying way of life, and was an advocate of social and economic invigoration of rural Japan.Jeffrey S. Irish is a scholar who has long been immersed in life in rural Japan. Irish wrote a column for a Japanese newspaper for ten years and is the author of four books in Japanese about rural Japan. He served twice as "mayor" of a village, population 30, and teaches courses in community regeneration at a university in Kagoshima. |
Publication Date | 7 September 2021 |
Number of Pages | 318 pages |
The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore