Taro Nakayama

Japanese: 中山太郎 - なかやまたろう

Born: November 13, 1876 in Ashikaga
[Died] June 13, 1947. Ashikaga folklorist. Real name Taroji. Graduated from Tokyo Senmon Gakko (now Waseda University). Worked as a newspaper reporter and editor while studying under Kunio Yanagita. He called his study historical folkloristics and conducted research using ancient documents. Using the vast number of cards he obtained from his reading, he compiled general histories on such themes as shrine maidens, the blind, prostitutes, marriage, and young people, and compiled a folkloristic dictionary on his own. For a long time, he was not highly regarded in the history of academic theory due to conflicts with Yanagita, whose theory was based on oral tradition, but in recent years his achievements are beginning to be recognized. His main works are Japanese Folkloristics (4 volumes, 1930-31), Japanese Folkloristic Dictionary (33), and History of the Blind in Japan (34).

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[生]1876.11.13. 足利
[没]1947.6.13. 足利
民俗学者。本名太郎治。東京専門学校 (現早稲田大学) 卒業。新聞記者，編集者を生業とするかたわら，柳田国男に師事。みずからの学問を歴史的民俗学と称し，古文献による研究を行なった。読書から得られた膨大なカードをもとに，巫女・盲人・売笑・婚姻・若者といったテーマごとの通史をまとめ，独力で民俗学辞典を編纂。口頭伝承に基礎を置く柳田との対立などによって学説史上長らく評価されなかったが，近年その功績が認められつつある。主著『日本民俗学』 (4巻，1930～31) ，『日本民俗学辞典』 (33) ，『日本盲人史』 (34) 。

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