Minakata Kumagusu
A Neglected Japanese Genius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8935013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carmen Blacker (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-152 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1983.9716272 |
| OpenAlex | W2026091120 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Japan everyone knows that it was Yanagita Kunio and Origuchi Shinobu who were the giant pioneers of folklore studies. Everyone recognises that it was due to their prodigious efforts in tramping the countryside to collect tales and legends, to observe rituals in remote mountain villages, to note holy trees and tombs with curious names, that the disciplined study of folklore came into existence. These were the two men who by seeing connections between scattered legends, rites and symbols which before had gone unremarked, and who by meticulously recording and classifying their findings, showed us what riches were to be discovered in the Japanese tradition. Both these men led lives which conformed by and large with the expected image of the scholar in Japan, and both left behind them lineages of students who perpetuate their names and accord them the honours their achievements deserve
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |