Kunio Yanagita - Yanagita Kunio

Japanese: 柳田国男 - やなぎたくにお

Founder of Japanese folklore studies. Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Maiden name Matsuoka. After graduating from the Department of Politics at the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. He was friends with Tayama Katai and Shimazaki Toson. He introduced new foreign literature and was known as a lyric poet, but in his mid-30s he left the literary world and pursued folklore studies. He left the government in 1919 after serving as Chief Secretary of the House of Peers, and served as an editorial writer for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, among other positions, before resigning in 1932 and devoting himself to folklore studies. He founded the Folklore Society and the Folklore Research Institute. He is known for his many books, including "Nochi no Kari Kotoba no Ki," "Tōno Monogatari," "Kainan Shōki," "Kagyu-koto," and "Momotarō no Tanjō." He is also the author of "The Definitive Collection of Yanagita Kunio." In 1951 he was awarded the Order of Culture. Inoue Michiyasu was his older brother, and Matsuoka Eikyū was his younger brother.
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Japanese:

日本民俗学の樹立者。兵庫県生れ。旧姓松岡。東大政治科卒後，農商務省に入った。かたわら田山花袋，島崎藤村らと交友。海外新文学を紹介し抒情派詩人として知られたが，30歳代半ばごろ文壇を離れ民俗学に進んだ。1919年貴族院書記官長を最後に官界を去り，朝日新聞論説委員などを勤め，1932年辞職，その後は民俗学に専念。民間伝承の会，民俗学研究所を設立した。《後狩詞記(のちのかりことばのき)》《遠野物語》《海南小記》《蝸牛考》《桃太郎の誕生》など著書が多い。《定本柳田国男集》がある。1951年文化勲章。井上通泰は兄，松岡映丘は弟。
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