Book
Takashima: a Japanese fishing community
University of Utah Press • Salt Lake City, Utah • Published In 1954 • Pages:
By: Norbeck, Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is an ethnographic study of a small Japanese fishing community located on Takashima Island in the Inland Sea within the boundaries of Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Emphasis is placed on the effects of Westernization on this community as well as on over-all socio-cultural trends which apply in considerable measure to all of rural Japan. The attempt is also made "...to offer suggestions concerning factors which underlie these cultural trends" (p. ix). The author's field work was undertaken under the auspices of the Center for Japanese Studies of the University of Michigan. Although the field work period ran from June 1950 to April 1951, actual study of the community of Takashima did not begin until August 1950, terminating in late April 1951. At the beginning of the field work the author commuted daily from Okayama City to Takashima, but later when the opportunity presented itself, he and his wife remained in part-time residence on the island (p. ix).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- Dwellings
- Diet
- Organized ceremonial
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- General character of religion
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1979: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- August 1950 - April 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)
- Takashima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Edward Norbeck
- I. Introduction. II. Gaining a livelihood: fishing; farming; other occupations; incomes; budget and finance. III. The household and house life: the family and the household; the dwelling; building a house; household arts and crafts; diet; dress; sickness and health; recreation and entertainment. IV. The BURAKU and the community: introduction; BURAKU organization; BURAKU cooperative and uniting mechanisms; BURAKU property; BURAKU cooperative activity; the BURAKU and the city; relation with outside communities; social distinction and interpersonal relations. V. Religion: introduction; popular beliefs and deities; religious practitioners; spirits, ghosts and devils; defilement and taboo; the ceremonial calender; the abandoned customs; VI. The life cycle: sex and reproduction; childhood and adolescence; marriage; the bad years; maturity and old age; death. VII. The impact of Westernization.
- Yuino (an engagement gift of money) -- 431, 584
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54003502
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan--Okayama Prefecture