{"product_id":"the-forgotten-japanese-encounters-with-rural-life-and-folklore-9781611720761","title":"The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsuneichi 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though largely unknown in the West, \u003cstrong\u003eMiyamoto Tsuneichi\u003c\/strong\u003e (1907-81) was a pioneering figure in the field of Japanese folklore studies, on a par with the legendary \u003cstrong\u003eYanagita Kunio\u003c\/strong\u003e. Fishermen, farmers, and itinerant peddlers regaled him with tales of local legends, sex, violence, natural disasters, and folk religion. Translator [\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey\u003c\/strong\u003e] \u003cstrong\u003eIrish\u003c\/strong\u003e, a resident of a rural Japanese village himself, brings a deft touch to the translation.\"--\u003cem\u003eChoice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Miyamoto's years of walking and listening in the remote farming and fishing communities of Japan put him in touch with the basics. The translation by Jeffrey Irish is excellent. \u003cstrong\u003eIt's our good luck that we get to savor this text now too.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"―Gary Snyder\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Miyamoto...captures utterly ordinary folk rituals of everyday life with \u003cstrong\u003eflair and grace\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" ―Tokyo Art Beat\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It’s a treasure trove of information about life in Japan just before WWII. This is a\u003cstrong\u003e keeper for the book shelves\u003c\/strong\u003e as I am sure I will refer back to it often.\"--Amy Chavez, \u003cem\u003eBooks on Asia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The past, one sees, really is a foreign country, Miyamoto’s journey into that foreign place, his visits with its forgotten people, \u003cstrong\u003eexquisitely told and exquisitely translated\u003c\/strong\u003e, is essential.\"--\u003cem\u003eJapan Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In what Miyamoto sets out to do, he succeeds. He has made the 'forgotten Japanese' \u003cstrong\u003eeminently memorable\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"--Clark Chilson, University of Pittsburgh, in \u003cem\u003eAsian Ethnology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslator's Introduction 7\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthor's Preface 14\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One Life Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Meetings 21\u003cbr\u003e2 Folksongs 30\u003cbr\u003e3 Grandpa Kajita Tomigoro 41\u003cbr\u003e4 Nagura Talk 58\u003cbr\u003e5 Women's Society 90\u003cbr\u003e6 Tosa Genji 108\u003cbr\u003e7 My Grandfather 128\u003cbr\u003e8 The Worldly (I): Masuda Itaro 145\u003cbr\u003e9 The Worldly (II): Sakon Kumata 161\u003cbr\u003e1O Literate Transmitters (I): Tanaka Umeji 178\u003cbr\u003e11 Literate Transmitters (II): Takagi Seiichi 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two Village Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 The Child Hunt 213\u003cbr\u003e13 Tosa Terakawa Night Tale 217\u003cbr\u003e14 Village Meetings 226\u003cbr\u003e15 The Story of Kawame 237\u003cbr\u003e16 Totsukawa Landslide 264\u003cbr\u003e17 Birth of New Totsukawa Village 281\u003cbr\u003e18 The Wanderers' Family Tree 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlossary 305\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stone Bridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359726272855,"sku":"9781611720761","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forgotten-japanese-encounters-with-rural-life-and-folklore-9781611720761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}