Occasionally some intellectuals appear in the world which introducing just an one book of them to the reading public is not enough, though taking ten or even twenty books are not too much in order to describe a real figure of the academic giant, besides they already finished over a hundred writings having a large response to the each works indeed. Kunio Yanagida was a folklorist and a pioneer in the field in Japan. He showed, revealed the real state of Japanese people, which was unknown for so long times, drew out excellent understanding through his precise observations, the broad point of view with huge amount of facts collected by himself, about a various fields of the traditional cultures in Japan, besides his talent for writing is rare, …show more content…
A study of ethnic culture, which Yanagida suggested under the name of folklore, is to acquire the knowledge of a real life by clarifying it in history because the ethnic culture is a thing, which is handed down from the previous generations, even it is realities at the present time, thus, all cultures are formed historically. ‘About our ancestors: the Japanese family system,’ by Yanagida was written amid the atmosphere, which Japan was close to decisive defeat at the Pacific War, even while the air attack in the night continuing just then, though or because Yanagida seems to tell the story showing his ardor to the readers with great expectations that the people have clearer comprehension of the cultural tradition in Japan to find their hopes in …show more content…
For the readers, it seems to them that it was not unknown facts completely, though they watched it, were familiar with, experienced it a little, just didn’t have a chance of thinking about them again, and that is