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Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
Kunio Yanagita | |
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Kunio Yanagita, circa 1940 | |
| Born | Kunio Matsuoka (1875-07-31)July 31, 1875 Fukusaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | August 8, 1962(1962-08-08) (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Bureaucrat, Folklorist, Scholar, Writer |
| Known for | Tōno Monogatari (遠野物語) Momotarō no Tanjō (桃太郎の誕生) Nihon mukashibanashi meii ("Japanese Folk Tales") |
| Spouse | Taka Yanagita (1904) |
| Parent | Yakusai Matsuoka (father) Naohei Yanagita (father-in-law) |
| Kyūjitai | 栁田 國男 |
| Shinjitai | 柳田 国男 |
Kunio Yanagita (Japanese: 柳田 國男, Hepburn: Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese author, scholar, and folklorist.
He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions. This led to a change in his career. His pursuit of this led to his eventual establishment of Japanese native folkloristics, or m