Report of 2nd Research Meeting (Research Approach 2): Contribution of Japanese Folklore /Ethnology–From the Defeat to the Showa 40’s

Date: 10th & 11th June 2011

Time: 17:00-19:00 (10th June) / 10:00-18:00 (11th June)

Venue: Hosei University Boissonade Tower 26F Seminar Room of the Research Institute for Innovation Management, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus (10th June) / Remote Lecture Room, 3rd Floor Kudan Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei University (11th June)

Organaized by Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies（HIJAS）

<Presenter>

10th June

Harumi Befu (Stanford University)
Junzo Kawada (Kanagawa University)

11th June

Amy Boroboy (Princeton Universit)
Koichi Sugiyama (Tohoku University)
Taro Tsurumi (Waseda University)
Josef Kreiner (Hosei University)

<Executive Summary>

In this research meeting, we had 6 presenters and they examined issues concerning development or contribution of Japanese folklore and ethnology to the establishment of Japan-consciousness from 1945 to the 1960’s.