Book
Kinship and descent in an Okinawan village
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Tanaka, Masako U..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excellent study of Okinawan kinship and social organization. Some of Tanaka's findings include the presence of three structurally distinct kinship terminological systems. There is a taboo against the 'mixing of brothers,' i.e., adult male siblings of the same father are forbidden to live under the same roof; nor can a younger son replace an older son. Inheritance and succession strictly follows from father to first-born son, etc. Tanaka also discusses in detail the MUNCHU descent group and household organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- Adoption
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Clans
- Community structure
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 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
- 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1666-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Inoha village, Motobu County, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Masako U. Tanaka
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Rochester, 1974
- UM74-22,634
- photos on pages 357-367 not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-354)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ryukyuans