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Yasaburo Ikeda

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Ikeda Yasaburo

別名: 池田彌三郎 / 池田 弥三郎

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1914-12-21 (Kyobashi Ward, Tokyo City (now Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan))
死没
1982-07-05 (Japan (details unknown)) 67歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Ginza (Tokyo) → Uozu (Toyama Prefecture) → Kamakura (burial place)

経歴

職業
Japanese literature scholar, Folklorist, Essayist, University professor
活動期間
1937年〜1982年
所属
Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Senzoku Gakuen Uozu Junior College (Professor, Department of Japanese Literature)
影響を受けた人物
Shinuo Orikuchi

学歴

Keio University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
学位: 文学士
期間: 1934-1937
卒業年: 1937
国: Japan
Transferred in 1934 from preparatory economics course to the Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature
Keio University
Graduate School / Graduate School of Letters
学位: 博士(文学)
卒業年: 1963
国: Japan
Received PhD (Literature) for thesis 'Nihon Geinō Denshōron' (Japanese Performing Arts Transmission Theory)

受賞歴

Medal with Purple Ribbon
1977
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Performing Arts

1955年 Folklore / Scholarly work

A study surveying Japanese folk performing arts and examining their transmission and meanings.

transmission of performing artsfolklore

On the Transmission of Japanese Performing Arts

1962年 Scholarly work

Based on his doctoral dissertation, a major study on the structure and transformation of performing arts transmission in Japan.

traditionhistory of performing arts

Ghosts of Japan

1959年 Folklore / Essays

An accessible book interpreting Japanese ghosts and tales from a folkloristic perspective.

ghostsfolktales

全著作

  • Performing Arts (Iwasaki Shoten, Folklore Series)
  • Literature and Folklore (Iwasaki Shoten)
  • Japanese Performing Arts (Iwasaki Shoten)
  • Hadaka Fudoki (Kodansha)
  • Ghosts of Japan (Chūōkōron-sha)
  • On the Transmission of Japanese Performing Arts (Chūōkōron-sha)
  • Wavering Japanese Language (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
  • The Seat of the Rare Person: Orikuchi Shinobu and Me (Chūōkōron-sha)
  • Twelve Chapters of Ginza (Asahi Shimbun)
  • My Food Essays (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
  • Culture of Language (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
  • My Theory of Orikuchi Shinobu (Chuko Shinsho)
  • Topics for Conversation (Bunshun Bunko)
  • Whether Going or Stopping, Dreams Are Dreams (Kodansha)
  • Letters from Uozu (Mainichi Shimbun)

作風・主題

文体
essayistic and approachable narrative voiceanalytical folkloristic perspective on phenomena
頻出モチーフ
performing arts and traditionlanguage (Japanese)food culture and everyday lifescenes of Tokyo and Ginza

健康

  • Liver cirrhosis
    晩年(1980年代初頭)
    His liver cirrhosis worsened and he died in 1982.

評価・遺産

He left numerous works at the intersection of Japanese literature and folklore, contributing to studies of Orikuchi Shinobu and the transmission of Japanese performing arts. Known also for TV appearances as a 'celebrity professor' and his essays, he taught at Keio University for many years and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon.

記念館・博物館

  • Takaoka Manyo History Museum (special exhibition: The World of Yasaburo Ikeda) Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Folklore Society of Japan
  • Organizations related to Japanese literature studies

資料所蔵先

  • Keio University archives (holds related materials)

引用

  • This turns pages faster, which makes it easier to get carried away.
    出典: Quoted in Tomoshi Muramatsu, 'Yume no Shimatsu-sho' (citation)

豆知識

  • His family ran the tempura shop 'Tenkin' in Ginza.
  • He used custom narrow manuscript paper (20 characters vertical × 5 characters horizontal).
  • Appeared on NHK quiz-variety shows such as 'Watashi Dake ga Shitteiru', an early example of a 'celebrity professor'.
  • Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1977.