The Yanagita Kunio Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Indiana University Press 1985
• Subjects: Anthologies (non-poetry); Anthologies: general
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This is the first English language translation of the Japanese classic Nihon mukashibanashi meii. The work remains the only single-volume reference available to the student of the Japanese folk tale. The author, Yanagita Kunio, was a prominent figure in early twentieth-century Japanese intellectual...