Shinobu Orikuchi

Origuchi Shinobu (Jap.折 口 信 夫, also: Origuchi Nobuo, born February 11, 1887 in Kizu, Nishinari -gun (now Osaka ); † May 3, 1953 ) was a Japanese author and literary scholar.

Life

The Kaufmannnssohn Origuchi studied until 1910 at the Kokugakuin University. He taught for a time in Osaka and then learned in Tokyo in a run by Nitobe Inazō study group of Japanese popular culture Yanagita Kunio ethnologists know. This encounter inspired him to their own studies, and in 1917 he published the font Kōyaku Man'yōshū ( " The oral tradition of the Man'yōshū "). In 1920 he became a lecturer, in the following year professor at the University Kokugakuin. Since 1928 he also taught at Keio University.

After the Second World War Origuchi gave introductory courses in Shinto at the Kokugakuin University. He developed a new perspective on Shintoism and introduced new ideas and concepts in the scientific debate.

As a poet Origuchi published under the name Shaku Choku (釈 迢 空). He has published, among others the song collections Umi yama no aida and Iwoguna, the poetry anthology Kodai kan'aishū and the novel Shisha no sho, also Kenkyu also literature 's theoretical writings as Kodai. A complete edition of his works appeared under the title Orikuchi Shinobu Zenshu.

Works

• Umi Yama no Aida (海 や まのあ ひだ) - Tanka
• Haru no Kotobure (春 の ことぶれ) - Tanka
• Shisha no Sho (死者 の 書)
• Kodai Kenkyu (古代 研究)
• Kabuki San (かぶき 讃)

Swell

• Tsushiro Hirofumi: " Orikuchi Shinobu ". In: Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugaku - in, April 15, 2006 ( English)
• Kato Koichi :作家 事 典 折 口信 夫. August 31, 2001, accessed on 8 February 2013.