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Structure and function of munchu: notes on folk religion of Okinawa
Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology • 4 (1) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 117-129
By: Itoh, Mikiharu.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author Itoh discusses the MUNCHU patrilineal descent groups of northern Okinawa, especially its religious dimension.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okinawans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard;2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Teima, Okinawa, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mikiharu Itoh
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ryukyuans