Japanese Folk Culture Research Institute

Japanese: 日本常民文化研究所 - にほんじょうみんぶんかけんきゅうじょ

A private research institute opened by Shibusawa Keizo in 1925. Initially, it collected local toys and folk tools on the second floor of Shibusawa's residence in Fukagawa, Tokyo, and was called the Attic Museum, but during World War II it was renamed the Institute for Japanese Folk Culture. In 1981 it was transferred to Kanagawa University. It has consistently collected and researched folk tools and folk materials, as well as fisheries and marine history, and published collections of essays and historical materials such as the Attic Museum Bulletin (52 volumes) and the Japanese Folk Culture Research Institute Bulletin (25 volumes). The institute has produced many notable figures, including Uno Shuhei, Miyamoto Tsuneichi, Kawaoka Takeharu, and Amino Yoshihiko.

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Japanese:

渋沢敬三が1925年に開設した民間の研究所。当初，東京深川の渋沢邸の二階に郷土玩具や民具を収集して，アチック・ミューゼアム（屋根裏博物館）と称したが，第２次大戦中に日本常民文化研究所と改称。1981年に神奈川大学に移譲された。一貫して民具・民俗資料の収集・研究，漁業・水産史の研究を続け，《アチック・ミューゼアム彙報》（52冊）《日本常民文化研究所彙報》（25冊）などの論集・史料集を刊行。同研究所から宇野脩平，宮本常一，河岡武春，網野善彦らが輩出した。

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