book chapter
Matsunagi: the life and social organization of a Japanese mountain community
Two Japanese villages: Matsunagi, a Japanese mountain community [by] John B. Cornell; Kurusu, a Japanese agricultural community [by] Robert J. Smith • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1956 • Pages: i-viii, xvii-xxiv, 113-232
By: Cornell, John B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a community study of Matsunagi hamlet, a mountain community in Okayama Prefecture. The source covers most topics of general ethnographic interest with an emphasis on social relationships in the community. The author concludes, first, that the household is the primary unit of community social structure and, secondly, that 'the importance of residence in forming kin relations suggests that residence may be a far more vital characteristic than anyone, even the Japanese themselves, have imagined' (p. 231).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Towns
- Household
- Visiting and hospitality
- Kin relationships
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Sociocultural trends
- Retail marketing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okayama
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1979 : John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Matsunagi buraku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- John B. Cornell
- I. Introductory; II. Native resources and material culture; III. Household organization, housing and domestic life; IV. BURAKU social organization and community life; V. External relations in the cultural milieu; VI. Household precedence in relations of kin, community, and individuals; and VII. Summary and conclusions.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56001904
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan--Okayama Prefecture