Tsuneichi Miyamoto, Jeffrey Irish

The Forgotten Japanese (eBook, ePUB)

Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tsuneichi Miyamoto (1907-1981), 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611725025
• Artikelnr.: 38333817

Autorenporträt

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 Irish is a scholar and translator who has long been immersed in life in rural Japan. A contributing editor to the Kyoto Journal, Irish has been a columnist for a Japanese newspaper for seven years and is the author of the Japanese-language books Prewar Kagoshima and Island Life. He was recently elected "mayor" of his 28-person village.