japanreviewRussian Japanology ReviewRussian Japanology Review2658-67892658-6444Association of Japanologistsjapanreview-58Research ArticleСтатьиEthnologist Yanagita Kunio: Long road to recognitionMeshcheryakovA. N.anmesheryakov@hse.ruHigher School of EconomicsRussian Federation201818022022117290Copyright © Meshcheryakov A.N., 20222022Meshcheryakov A.N.Meshcheryakov A.N.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.japanreview.ru/jour/article/view/58

The glory won by Yanagita (Matsuoka) Kunio (1875-1962) is rarely attained by “real” humanitarian scholars, especially as he was dealing with such a narrow field of knowledge as ethnology. Yanagita was unknown to the general public before the war, but gained official recognition and nationwide fame in the post-war period. The reason for the wide recognition was that he studied and created reality. The reality was the people of Japan, mostly Okinawa residents.

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