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Tsuneichi Miyamoto (1907–1981)

Autor(a) de The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore

35 Works 85 Membros 1 Review

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Includes the name: Tsuneichi Miyamoto

Image credit: 『逓信協会雑誌』8月号(1961年)、「逓信出身のエッセイスト・クラブ受賞者 宮本常一」より宮本常一 Par 逓信協会 撮影者不明 — 『逓信協会雑誌』8月号(1961)より, Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56201967

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Miyamoto, Tsuneichi
Data de nascimento
1907-08-01
Data de falecimento
1981-01-30
Nacionalidade
Japan
Local de nascimento
Suo-oshima, Yamaguchi, Japan
Local de falecimento
Fuchu, Tokyo, japan
Educação
大阪府立天王寺師範学校専攻科
Organizações
アチック・ミューゼアム

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A book about Japanese who are forgotten by an author who, in English, is unknown: In making this book available to those of us illiterate in Japanese, translator Jeffrey Irish has done us a tremendous service. Anyone interested in how things used to be in rural Japan (and in some places, to differing extents, still are) will want to read ethnologist Tsuneichi Miyamoto's accounts of his travels on foot up and down the archipelago, and will relish the stories he gathered. Japanese peasants, we learn, traveled more than we might have thought, were more promiscuous than we might have imagined (especially if we haven't read Pink Samurai: Nicholas Bornoff draws heavily on Miyamoto's work) and lived lives that are fascinating in many, many ways. The Forgotten Japanese, a fine example of history from below, goes onto the short shelf of essential books about Japan.… (mais)
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dcozy | May 6, 2010 |

Estatísticas

Obras
35
Membros
85
Popularidade
#214,931
Avaliação
4.2
Críticas
1
ISBN
31
Línguas
1

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