Hatanaka Akihiro

Folklorist and author. Born in Osaka in 1962. Works include Yanagita Kunio to Kon Wajirō (Yanagita Kunio and Kon Wajirō), Saigai to yōkai (Disasters and Demons), Senzo to Nihonjin (Japanese and Ancestors), Kaiko (Silkworms), Tensai to Nihonjin (Japanese and Natural Disasters), 21 seiki no minzokugaku (Twenty-First Century Folklore Studies), Shisha no minshushugi (Democracy of the Dead), and Kansaiben de yomu Tōno Monogatari (Tōno Monogatari in Kansai Dialect). His most recent work is Gorin to Banpaku (Olympics and World Expos).

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Sep 14, 2020