Bibliography of Sources

Sources are listed first by the abbreviation used to identify them in the text, then by their full name, editor and publication information. The numbers following the abbreviated titles are the story numbers in this book where the works are cited. Items marked with a asterisk were not available to the translator and could not be verified. Information for some was furnished by scholars. Items headed by parentheses are frequently listed without that portion of the title.

Aichi 18, 24, 82, 141, 160, 161, 213, 234

Aichi-ken densetsu shū, Aichi-ken Kyōikukai, ed. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1937, pp.397. Legends of Aichi Prefecture.

Aikawa 72

Aikawa-cho shi, Iwai Hiro, Aikawa, Sado-gun, Niigata. Aikawa-chō Yakuba: 1927, pp.465. Records about Aikawa.

Aki 1, 3, 8, 14, 18, 19, 28, 30, 33, 40, 42, 48, 51, 57, 58, 59, 67, 69, 105, 106, 107, 124, 133, 134, 139, 140, 153, 158, 164, 166, 174, 206, 207, 221, 224, 245, 247, 275, 291, 304, 318, 321, 325, 327, 328

Akinokuni mukashibanashi shū, Isogai Isamu. Oka Shoin: 1934, pp.292. Folk tales of the Hiroshima area.

Akita 67, 114, 128

Akita gunyū gyotan, Muto Tetsujō. Attic Museum: 1940, pp.361. Stories of fishing villages in Akita.

Amakusa den 100

Amakusajima densetsu sanshū, dai isshū, Hamada Ryūichi. Mimeographed by the author: 1931, pp.36. Twenty variations of yamauba stories found in Shokoku mintan.

Amakusa min 1, 107, 163, 196, 198

Amakusa minzoku shi, Hamada Ryūichi. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1932, pp. 242. Records about Amakusajima.

Ariga 171, 175, 233, 237

Ariga Kizaemon, privately published Azuma no minwa. These tales are scheduled to be included in the volumes of the complete works of Professor Ariga.

Awa den 268

Awa no densetsu, Hayama Jōtarō. Chiba. Awa Tsūshōsha: 1917, 1937, pp.492. Legends of Awa (Chiba).

Awa Iyayama 3, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 28, 29, 36, 40, 48, 51, 52, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 76, 78, 86, 97, 99, 102, 105, 106, 107, 110, 120, 122, 129, 137, 150, 152, 155, 158, 159, 160, 170, 171, 174, 185, 188, 210, 211, 213, 215, 238, 261, 267, 304, 312, 328, 329, 343, 345

Awa-no-Iyayama mukashibanashi shū, Takeda Akira. Sanseidō: 1943, pp. 156. A Zenkoku Kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Tokushimaken Iyayama chihō mukashibanashi shū. Folk tales of Iyayama.

Baba sama 174

Baba sama no ohanashi, Sakatani Shunsaku. Nagoya. Published by author: 1942, pp.69. Folk tales told by the author’s grandmother.

Shin zoku Bashō 278

Shin Zoku Bashō haikai kenkyū, Komiya Hōryū and others. Iwanami Shoten: 1933, pp.539. A collection of five studies about the haiku of Bashō.

Bōchō 3, 33

Bōchō bunka Vol. I, No. 2. Yamaguchi: Published by Bōchō Bunka Kenkyūkai: 1937, April. Only two volumes, eight numbers, were published between January, 1937, and October, 1938.

Bungo den 68, 104, 162, 278, 283

Bungo densetsu shū, Ichiba Naojirō. Ōita. Kyōdo Shiseki Densetsu Kenkyūkai: 1931, pp.130. Legends of Ōita.

Bungo hōgen 269, 279

Bungo hōgen shū No. 3, Ichiba Naojirō, Hatano Sōkai, Kondō Tsuyoi and others. Ōita: 1936. Three numbers were issued from 1933 to 1936.

Bungo min* 106, 296

Bungo minwa shu, Ichiba Naojirō.

Bungo kijin 156, 212, 213, 233, 238, 239, 258, 318

(Bungo no kijin) Kitchyomu san monogatari, Miyamoto Kiyoshi. Ōita. Ōita Minyū Shinbun: 1927, pp.333. A collection of traditional humorous tales.

Buzen* 48, 105, 111, 268, 274, 291, 296, 327

Buzen minwa shū, Umebayashi Shin’ichi. Fukuoka. Dozoku Gangu Kenkyūkai: 1931.

Chihō* 96, 148, 153, 155, 166, 199

Chihō sōdan.

Chiisagata 1, 3, 17, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 36, 37, 42, 43, 48, 72, 79, 100, 107, 117, 139, 146, 152, 158, 167, 170, 183, 202, 238, 239, 243, 246, 247, 268, 283, 294, 313, 319, 321, 325

Chiisgata-gun mintan shū, Koyama Masao. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1933, pp. 314. Tales of Chiisagata-gun, Nagano.

Chikuzen* 107, 161

Chikuzen densetsu shu, Sasaki Jikan. Fukuoka. Kyūshū Dozoku Kenkyūkai. Beginning in 1932, 57 numbers were issued.

Dai-ichi 3, 17, 27, 30, 33, 34, 36, 50, 55, 58, 72, 75, 76, 82, 85, 92, 97, 107, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 153, 155, 163, 171, 172, 174, 183, 199, 200, 226, 234, 257, 260, 264, 269, 272, 275, 283, 294, 297, 302, 304, 314, 318, 319, 320, 321, 325, 335

Dai-ichi mukashibanashi gō, Tabi to densetsu, Vol. IV, No. 4, April, 1931. The first number that was devoted entirely to folk tales.

Dai-ni 3, 16, 17, 20, 30, 33, 37, 39, 48, 55, 76, 79, 81, 88, 102, 105, 106, 107, 112, 113, 125, 126, 129, 139, 164, 167, 170, 174, 185, 193, 200, 204, 256, 260, 269, 283, 294, 304, 306, 308, 321, 324

Dai-ni mukashibanashi gō, Tabi to densetsu, Vol. VII, No. 12, December, 1934. The second issue devoted to folk tales.

Densetsu Echigo I: 7, 72; II: 57, 68

Densetsu no Echigo to Sado, Vol. I, 1923, pp.280, Nakano Shōgo (penname, Jōsui). Niigata. Ginreisha; Vol. II, 1924, pp.243. Legends of Niigata and Sado Island. The title is frequently abbreviated to Essa densetsu.

Den Shimoina 97

Densetsu no Shimoina, Iwasaki Kiyomi. Iida-machi, Shimoina-gun, Nagano. Bunseidō Shotens 1923, pp. 194. This was printed in the style of the Rohen sōsho series. Legends of Shimoina.

Dōbutsu* 17: 268, 288, 289; 20: 11; 21: 69

Dōbutsu bungaku, Nos. 17, 20, 21. Hirai Yoneguchi, ed. Publication began in June, 1934. No. 53 is listed as August, 1939.

Dozoku 277

Dozoku to densetsu, Vol. 1, No. 2, Ushijima Gunpei, ed. Bunbudō, 1918-1919. Only one volume, of four numbers, was published.

Echigo Sanjo 33, 106, 190, 245, 304, 310, 313, 321

Echigo Sanjo Nangō dan, Toyama Rekirō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha. 1926, pp.171. Tales of Sanjo Nangō in Niigata. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Echigo yashi 57

Echigo yashi, jō, Odajima Mitsutake. Niigata. Echigo Yashi Kankōkai: 1936, pp.402. A two volume work with legends and local information about nature in Niigata, originally published as a series of shahon from Bunsei (1818) to mid-Tenpū (1830-1834).

Enzoku 106

Enzoku mondō shū, Attic Museum, ed. Attic Museums 1939, pp.231. Salt in folklore.

Esashi 14, 39, 55, 57, 75, 76, 80, 81, 100, 122, 136, 139, 140, 171, 181, 193, 194, 197, 204, 214

Esashi-gun mukashibanashi, Sasaki Kizen. Kyōdo Kenkyūshas 1922, pp.167. Folk tales of Esashi-gun, Iwate. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Esashi shi 347

Esashi-gun shi, Iwate-ken Kyōikukai Esashi-gun Bukai, ed. Published by the editors: 1925, pp.465. Records about Esashi-gun.

Etchū 315

Etchū kyōdo kenkyū, Vol. III, No. 10, Etchū Kyōdo Kenkyūkai. Toyama: Chūetsu Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: October 1939. A publication of Toyama Shihan Gakkō dealing with folklore in Toyama.

Fugeshi 30, 37

Fugeshi-gun shi, Fugeshi-gun Yakusho, ed. Kanazawa. Published by the editor: 1923, pp. 1324. Records about Fugeshi-gun, Ishikawa.

Fujisawa 135

Fujisawa shi, Fujisawa-machi Kyōdo Kenkyūkai, ed. Fujisawamachi, Higashiiwai-gun, Iwate. Published by the editor: 1941, pp. 305. Records about the town of Fujisawa.

Fukihara 83, 154, 155

Fukihara, No. 3, Ina Tomi Shōgakkō Kyōdo Kenkyūkai, ed. Ina, Kamiina-gun, Nagano. Published by the editor: 1932. The first three issues were numbered. Following them, four volumes were listed by volume and number from 1932 to 1938.

Fukuoka 1, 3, 8, 20, 28, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 48, 50, 65, 97, 105, 109, 141, 145, 150, 152, 155, 170, 171, 174, 177, 183, 194, 205, 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 224, 234, 235, 236, 238, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 257, 259, 266, 304, 308, 313, 320, 321, 325, 328, 343

Fukuoka-ken mukashibanashi shū. A manuscript. This is now available under the same title, edited by Fukuoka-ken Kyōikukai. Iwasaki Bijitsusha, 1975, pp. 255. Items in the translation are listed by the new page numbers. Folktales of Fukuoka.

Fushi 2: 105; 3: 48, 268, 269

Fushi zappitsu, Sawada Shirōsaku. Osaka. Published by the author. No. 2. 1934 and No. 4 1938. This is a series of booklets covering various parts of Japan and dealing with topics of interest about folklore, legends, and folk tales.

Geibi

(Mukashibanashi no kenkyū) Geibi Sōsho (see below under full title).

Gonohe 318

Gonohe mukashibanashi, Nōda Tayoko. A manuscript completed in 1937 or 1938. Refer to Tekkiri ane sama below for all but one item. Folk tales of Aomori.

Gotō 1, 69, 105, 124, 158, 161, 245, 275, 277, 304, 308, 325

Gotō minzoku zushi, Kubo Kiyoshi and Hashiura Yasuō. Isseisha: 1934, pp. 577. Folklore of the Gotō Islands.

Haga 206, 291

Haga-gun dozoku kenkyū. kaihō, Haga-gun Dozoku Kenkyūkai, ed. Sakawa-mura, Haga-gun, Tochigi. Published by the editors, Vol. I: 1929 -1930; Vol. II: 1931. These are mimeographed reports by the group. The number of pages (folded) vary and some are not numbered.

Hanashi I: 7: 247; II: 3: 194; 4: 227; 6: 278, 320

Hanashi no sekai, collected by Kimura Miki. Published by Adachi Shirōkichi, Vol. I, No. 7, December, 1919, and Vol. II, Nos. 3, 4, and 6, March, April, June, 1920. These numbers vary from 125 to 134 pages. They contain a variety of material from various places in Japan.

Zoku Hida 50, 66, 109, 248

Zoku Hida saihō nisshi, Sawada Shirōsaku. Osaka: Published by the author: 1939, pp. 164. Additional field notes from Hida. This is No. 8 of Fushi zappitsu.

Hida den 30

Hida no densetsu to minyō, Takagi Kiyotayu. Takayama. Takayama Nishi Shōgakkō Kenkyūbu: 1933, pp.93. Legends and folk songs of Hida (Gifu).

Hida fubutsu 27

Hida fubutsuki, Uejima Zen’ichi. Takayama. Hida Mainichi Shinbun: 1929, pp.352. Customs found in Hida (Gifu).

Hida tori 279

Hida no tori, Kawaguchi Magojirō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1921, pp.190. Birds of Hida (Gifu).

Hidabito III: 33, 54; IV: 14, 17, 28, 141, 159, 252, 253, 268, 269, 282, 288, 294, 308, 313, 319, 321, 330; V: 14, 17, 18, 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 42, 50, 92, 100, 101, 106, 107, 117, 131, 156, 158, 174, 205, 213, 234, 267, 304, 328; VII: 135; IX: 238

Hidabito, Hida Kōkō Minzoku Gakkai. Takayama. Published by Wada Toshihiko. Vol. III: 1935; Vol. IV: 1936; Vol. V: 1937; Vol. VII: 1939; Vol. IX: 1941. Twelve volumes were issued between 1933 and 1941 on folklore in Hida (Gifu). Items in Hidabito were collected by Suzuki Tōzō. They have now been published as Shyami-shakkiri (a closing formula), Suzuki Tōzō, Kyōkawa Seiji, ed. Miraisha, Nihon no mukashibanshi, No. 14, 1975.

Higo VI: 72

Higo kokushi, Vol. VI, Morimoto Yoshiharu. Kumamoto: 1885, pp.209 (folded). Records about Higo. This work appeared originally during Kōhō (1716-1736).

Hōgen IV: 8: 8; 9: 87; V 6: 328

Hōgen, Takatō Takema, ed. Shunyūdō, Vol. IV: 1934; Vol. V: 1935. Eight volumes about dialect issued from 1931 to 1938.

Hōgen do VI: 269; VIII: 269, 272.

Hōgen to dozoku, Tachibana, Shōichi. Morioka. Hōgensha, No. 6, October: 1936; No. 8, February: 1937. Reprted on dialect, a total of 44 numbers.

Hōgen shi, No. 22: 8, 109, 136

Hōgen shi, No. 22, Kokugakuin Daigaku Hōgen Kenkyukai. Published by the group, September: 1939. This issue was devoted to folk tales of Kitatakaku-gun, Hizen-no-kuni (Nagasaki).

Hokuto 31: 14, 58, 107, 174

Hokuto, Ikeda Shihan Gakkō Kōyūkai. Osaka. Published by the group. No. 31, December: 1930 and appendix pp.66. Folklore in various places in Japan.

Hyugaga I: 306; II: 279

Hyūga no kotoba, Two Vols., Wakayama Kōzō. Miyazaki. Published by the author. Vol. I: 1930, pp.213; Vol. II: 1931, pp.255. A three-volume study of dialect in Miyazaki.

Ichihara 76

Ichihara-gun shi, Ichihara-gun Kyōikukai, ed. Chiba. Ichihara-gun Yakusho: 1916, pp. 1497. Records about Ichihara-gun, Chiba.

Igu 108

Igu-gun shi, Igu-gun Kyōikukai. Igu-gun, Miyagi. Published by the editors: 1926, pp.734. Records about Igu-gun, Miyagi. Records for each town or village start with a page 1.

(Old) Iki 6, 8, 16, 17, 20, 36, 39, 40, 46, 51, 57, 59, 69, 78, 105, 106, 109, 116, 154, 164, 172, 174, 177, 179, 202, 211, 220, 261, 269, 275, 292, 312, 238

(Old) Ikinoshima mukashibanashi shū, Yamaguchi Asatarō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1935, pp.261. Folk tales of Ikinoshima.

(New) Iki 31, 53, 72, 78, 156, 159, 234, 246, 257

(New) Ikinoshima mukashibanashi shū, Yamaguchi Asatarō. Sanseidō: 1943, pp. 184. One of the Zenkoku kiroku series. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Nagasaki-ken Ikinoshima mukashibanashi shū.

Inpaku dōwa 110, 125, 154, 155, 192, 205, 209, 246, 247, 313, 318

Inpaku dōwa, Inpaku Shiwakai. Tottori. Yokoyama Shoten: 1925, pp.103. Folk tales of Inaba and Hōki, now Tottori.

Inpaku min I: 64, 106, 110, 160, 247, 253, 257, 264, 318; III: 58

Inpaku mintan, Tottori Kyōdo Kenkyūkai. Tottori. Published by the group. Vol. I: 1936; Vol. III: 1937. Five volumes on folklore in Tottori published between 1936 and 1938.

Inpaku mukashi 18, 106, 196

Inpaku mukashibanashi, Inpaku Shiwakai. Tottori. Yokoyama Shoten: 1931, pp.99. Folk tales of Tottori.

Ina 72

Ina no densetsu, Iwasaki Kiyomi. Iida. Yamamura Shoin: 1933, pp.338. Legends of Ina. These are additional tales gathered after Densetsu no Shimoina, listed above.

Inoshishi 59, 111, 141

Inoshishi shika tanuki, Hayakawa Kōtarō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1926, pp.244. Tales about wild boar, deer, and badgers.

Irō 76, 174, 185, 216

Irō setsuden, Shimabukuro Seibin, ed. Gakugeisha: 1935, pp.208. This work about Okinawa, Miyako Island, appeared first in 1745.

Isawa* 42, 76, 100, 107, 139, 202, 213, 320, 328

Isawa-gun mukashibanashi shū, Oda Hideo. Published by the author, perhaps in 1929. Folktales of Isawa-gun, Iwate. The author was imprisoned and all his works were destroyed by order of the court during WW II. He died in prison.

Ishikawa 24, 65, 68, 71, 97, 111, 154, 268, 269, 283, 219

(Ishikawa-ken) Kashima-gun shi, Kashima-gun Jichikai, ed. Kashi-ma-gun, Ishikawa. Published by the editors: 1928, Part One, pp.1071; Part Two, pp.732. Records about Kashima-gun, Ishikawa.

Iwaki 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 40, 42, 48, 58, 63, 66, 67, 69, 74, 76, 80, 86, 97, 98, 100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 111, 114, 120, 122, 126, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 150, 153, 155, 159, 164, 170, 171, 172, 174, 183, 184, 185, 193, 194, 198, 213, 220, 221, 232, 235, 243, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253, 255, 267, 268, 269, 274, 283, 288, 294, 304, 308, 318, 321, 328, 343

Iwaki mukashibanashi shu, Iwasaki Toshio. Sanseidō: 1942, pp.203. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1974 edition under the title Fukushima-ken Iwaki mukashibanashi shū.

Iwate 106

Iwate-gun mukashibanashi shū, Sasaki Kizen. Shumi no dozoku sōsho, No. 7: 1924, pp.23. Folk tales of Iwate-gun, Iwate, compiled and mimeographed by the author.

Izumi 174, 185

Izumi mukashibanashi shū, Minami Kaname. Osaka: Izumi Kyōdo Kenkyūkai: 1939, pp.62. Folk tales of Izumi, Osaka, bound in Shokoku mintan.

Jinbun I: 153, 156, 158, 213, 234, 290

Jinbun, Motoyama Keisen, ed. Jinbun Hakkōsho, Vol. I: 1926. Only one number of Volume I was published.

Jinruigaku 128: 136

Jinruigaku zasshi, Jinrui Gakkai, ed. Tokyo Imperial University, No. 128 (Vol. XII), November, 1896. An anthropological journal published continuously since 1886.

Jōmō III: 282

Jōmō bunka, Jōmō Bunkakai. Maebashi. Kankodō, Vol. III, No. 7, July,1937. Folklore in Gunma. This began in 1936 and has continued publication.

Kaga 1, 2, 3, 8, 17, 26, 28, 33, 37, 38, 39, 42, 92, 106, 107 138, 164, 174, 183, 216, 220, 221, 225, 229, 236, 238, 241, 245, 247, 268, 300, 304, 310, 313, 318, 321, 324, 325, 328, 343, 344

(Kaga) Enuma-gun mukashibanashi shū, Yamashita Hisao. Ogawa Shoten: 1935, pp.164. Folk tales of Enuma-gun, Ishikawa.

Kai 10, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 42, 50, 52, 61, 65, 72, 76, 91, 94, 97, 100, 106, 107, 110. 111, 117, 118, 120, 130, 141, 142, 153, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164 166, 174, 175, 180, 183, 185, 188, 189, 196, 206, 215, 218, 224, 226, 227, 228, 231, 236, 239, 240, 246, 247, 261, 268, 277, 282, 297, 313, 314, 335

Kai mukashibanashi shū, Dobashi Riki. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1930, pp.348. Folk tales of Yamanashi.

Zoku Kai 1, 3, 14, 17, 30, 35, 37, 48, 60, 68, 72, 95, 98, 110, 114, 129, 142, 150, 151, 153, 156 158, 159, 160, 163, 174, 183, 185, 194, 196, 201, 207, 213, 216, 219, 224, 234, 238, 243, 244, 282, 286, 302, 304, 313, 326, 328

Zoku Kai mukashibanashi shū, Dobashi Riki. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1936, pp.473. Additional folk tales of Yamanashi.

Kamihei 54, 55, 61, 63, 73, 96, 121, 123, 129, 136, 147, 164, 268, 289, 318, 344

Kamihei-gun mukashibanashi shū, Sasaki Kizen. Sanseidō: 1943, pp. 203. Folk tales of Kamihei-gun, Iwate, mostly selected from Kikimimi Sōshi. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Iwate-ken Kamihei-gun mukashibanashi shū.

Kamiina 246, 304

Kamiina-gun shi, Karasawa Sadajirō, ed. Kamiina-gun, Nagano: Kamiina-gun Kyōikukai Zōhan: 1921, pp. 1458. A history of Kamiina-gun.

Kamikita* 23

Kamikita-gun densetsu shū. Legends of Kamikita-gun, Aomori.

Kamimashiki 159

Kamimashiki-gun shi, Kamimashiki-gun Chō, ed. Kumamoto. Published by the editor: 1921, pp.685. Records about Kamimashiki-gun, Kumamoto.

Kamuhara 3, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 30, 33, 34, 37, 42, 50, 59, 72, 75, 76, 97, 112, 113, 116, 117, 122, 127, 130, 131, 136, 140, 159, 163, 164, 166, 167, 169, 175, 181, 183, 184, 185, 189, 191, 193, 206, 211, 218, 220, 221, 234, 235, 238, 239, 247, 267, 269, 294, 300, 314, 318

Kamuhara yatan, Fumino Shirakoma (pen name of Iwasaki Ichiro). Genkyūsha: 1932, pp.227. Folk tales of Minamikanbara-gun, Niigata.

Kawagoe 105, 120, 142, 229

Kawagoe chihō mukashibanashi shū, Suzuki Tōzō. Minkan Denshō no Kai: 1937, pp. 169.

Kii 35, 40, 58, 107, 246, 290, 308, 319

(Kii) Arita-gun dōwa shū, Moriguchi Seiichi. Mimeographed by the author: 1916, pp.99 (folded). Folk tales of Arita-gun, Wakayama.

Kikai 8, 15, 18, 28, 31, 33, 39, 48, 50, 54, 68, 69, 72 81, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 105, 108, 109, 113, 118, 158, 164, 166, 172, 173, 174, 184, 185, 188, 202, 216, 220, 221, 238, 245, 257, 268, 283, 299, 300, 306, 308, 310, 333, 336, 342

Kikaijima mukashibanashi shu, Iwakura ichiro. Sanseido: 1943, pp.190. Folk tales of Kikaijima. A Zenkoku kiroku voume. Now available in a 1974 edition under the title Kagoshima-ken Kikaijima mukashibanashi shū.

Kikimimi 2, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 37, 39, 42, 56, 67, 69, 72, 76, 80, 84, 91, 92, 96, 97, 100, 106, 107, 111, 128, 133, 139, 140, 145, 158, 163, 164, 167, 169, 170, 171, 174, 175, 178, 183, 185, 188, 193, 194, 198, 199, 202, 204, 206, 207, 209, 214, 216, 220, 223, 224, 232, 234, 238, 246, 247, 252 255, 259, 261, 269, 281, 284, 285, 288, 290, 293, 304, 306, 308, 309, 318, 320, 321, 328, 339, 344, 345

Kikimimi sōshi, Sasaki Kizen. Sangensha: 1931, pp. 597. Folk tales of I wate and bordering districts. Now available in a 1964 edition from Chikuma Shobō.

Kinki I: 287

Kinki minzoku, Ota Matsuo, ed. Kobe. Kinki Minzoku Kankōkai, ed. Vol. I: 1936. A total of three volumes appeared before WW II during 1936 to 1938. It resumed publication after the war.

Kiryū 344

Kiryū Kyōdo shi, Kiryu-machi Yakuba, ed. Kiryu-machi, Yamadagun, Gunma. Published by the editor: 1911, pp.54. Folklore in the Kiryū district.

Kitaazumi I: 1: 148, 156, 163, 245, 247, 257; II: 2: 20, 24, 33, 68, 150, 162, 174, 214, 215, 245, 247, 268, 269, 276

Kitaazumi-gun kyōdo shikō, Kōhi densetsu hen, Shinano Kyōikukai Kitaazumi-gun Bukai, ed. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha, Vol. I, No. 1, pp.216, and Vol. II, No. 2, both in 1930. These two volumes were followed by one more about oral traditions in Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano. Each volume had only one number.

Kitasaku 8, 60, 97, 117, 269

Kitasaku-gun kōhi densetsu shi, Kitasaku-gun Kyōikukai, ed. Nagano. Published by the editors: 1934, pp.479. Oral traditions of Kitasaku-gun, Nagano.

Kogane 32, 33, 34, 42, 55, 67, 96, 102, 121, 139, 149, 150, 169, 245

(New) Kogane no uma, Moriguchi Tari. Jitsugyō no Nihonsha: 1926, pp.149, New edition, Mikuni Shobō: 1942, pp.236. Folk tales of Iwate. Pages from the new edition are used in the translation. The new edition was suppressed by the Jōhōkyoku during WW II, but it was the only copy for me to use. It is now available in a 1971 edition published by Miyai Shoten.

Kokugakuin 33: 257

Kokugakuin Zasshi, Kokugakuin Daigaku. Published at the university, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4: 1925. This journal has been published since 1894.

Koshiji I: 268, 269; VI: 33, 134

Koshiji, Kobayashi Zon, the 1st editor. Niigata. Vol. I: 1935; Vol. VI: 1940. Six volumes were published before WW II. Publication resumed after the war. A journal about folklore in Niigata.

Koshiki 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, 27, 31, 33, 36, 51, 53, 54, 55, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72 75, 97, 98, 106, 108, 109, 120, 125, 128, 133, 134, 136, 138, 152, 156, 164, 166, 169, 170, 174, 184, 185, 188, 203, 209, 210, 215, 220, 243, 301, 304, 308, 321, 323, 327, 328, 343, 344.

Koshikijima mukashibanashi shū, Iwakura Ichirō. Sanseidō: 1944, pp.230. Folk tales of Koshikijima. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Kagoshima-ken Koshikijima mukashibanashi shū.

Kōshō bungaku 8: 34, 42, 105, 107, 215, 304, 308, 328; 9: 33, 140, 149, 194, 199, 283, 292, 300; 10: 30, 33, 40, 42, 48, 76, 107, 147, 153, 156, 158, 247, 290, 313, 322; 11: 30, 106, 107, 110, 161, 174, 268, 273, 279, 283, 288, 289, 298, 308, 318, 328, 333

Kōshō bungaku, Kōshō Bungaku no Kai. Sakai. Edited by Miyamoto Tsuneichi. Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11: 1936. Twelve numbers of oral literture were issued between 1933 and 1936.

Kuchitanba 96, 193, 276, 283, 288

Kuchitanba kōhi shū, Kakita Isoji and Tsuboi Tadahiko, eds. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1925, pp.193. Oral traditions near Kyoto. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Kunohe 3, 27, 34, 106, 107, 148, 151, 160, 163, 183-204, 206, 246, 247, 249, 250, 268, 269, 287, 288, 289, 291, 321, 323, 328

Kunohe-gun shi, Iwate-ken Kyōikukai Kunohe-gun Bukai, ed., Morioka. Published by the editor: 1936, pp.616. Records about Kunohe-gun, Iwate.

Kyōdo I: 185

Kyōdo, Shinano Kyōikukai, ed. Nagano. Published by the editor, Vol. I: 1930-1931. Folklore in Nagano. Two volumes were published.

Kyōdo bun 30

Kyōdo bunka. Fukuoka. Kyōdo Bunka Kenkyukai, Vol. I, No. 3, April: 1928. Local studies in folklore and culture. Publication began in 1927.

Kyōdo den 1: 16, 59, 100, 121, 199, 201, 234, 256, 304, 337, 338, 343; 2: 3, 11, 14, 33, 42, 52, 54, 206, 246, 250, 251, 345; 3: 28, 30, 92, 97, 100, 108, 158, 183, 185, 213, 253, 304, 311, 343

Kyōdo no denshō, Yamamoto Kinjirō, ed. Sendai. Miyagi-ken Kyōikukai, No. I: 1931, pp.253; No. 2: 1933, pp.209; No. 3: 1935, pp. 275. A series of three books on folklore in Miyagi.

Kyōdo ken I: 30, 97, 179, 268, 320; II: 58, 107, 139, 202, 234, 256, 267, 274; III: 40, 164, 267, 278, 309; IV: 133, 234, 269, 271; V: 17, 48, 65, 72, 85, 164, 172, 302, 308; VII: 304

Kyōdo kenkyū, Yanagita Kunio and Takagi Toshio, eds. Vol. I: 1913-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1915; Vol. III: 1915-1916; Vol. IV: 1916-1917; Vol. V: 1931-1932; Vol. VII: 1933-1934. The earliest journal devoted to folklore in Japan.

Kyōdo KS* 320

Kyōdo kenkyū shiryō, Saitama-ken Joshi Shihan Gakkō Kenkyūkai, ed. No. 2: 1931. Four numbers were issued.

Kyūshō* 274

Kyūshu minzokugaku, Vol. I: 1930. Fukuoka. Kyūshū Minzoku Gakkai. One volume, of eight numbers, was published.

Masuda 119

Masuda-gun shi, Gifu-ken Masuda-gun Yakusho, ed. Published by the editor: 1916, pp. 677. Records about Masuda-gun, Gifu.

Mikawa 80

(Mikawa-no-kuni) Nukata-gun shi, Aichi-ken Nukata-gun Yakusho, ed. Published by the editors 1924, pp.649. Records about Nukatagun, Aichi.

Minamiazumi nen 107, 268

Minamiazumi-gun nenchūgyōji, Kyōdo chōsa sōsho, dai-ichi hen,Shinano Kyōikukai Minamiazumi-gun Bukai, ed. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1935, pp. 381. A report on annual festivals and customs in Minamiazumi-gun, Nagano.

Minamiazumi shi 22, 24

Minamiazumi-gun shi, Nagano-ken Minamiazumi-gun Hensan, ed. Toyoshina-machi Minamiazumi-gun, Nagano. Minamiazumi Kyōikukai: 1923, pp. 1070. Records about Minamiazumi-gun, Nagano.

Minamikanbara 68, 91, 100, 106, 107, 110, 133, 135, 136, 164, 193, 219, 304, 323, 325, 328

Minamikanbara-gun mukashibanashi shū, Iwakura Ichirō. Sanseidō: 1943, pp.212. Folk tales of Minamikanbara-gun, Niigata. A Zenkoku kiroku voume. Now available in a 1974 edition under the title Niigata-ken Minamikanbara-gun mukashibanashi shū.

Minkan II: 18

Minkan denshō, begun as an organ of Minkan Denshō no Kai. Vol. II, No. 10, June, 1936; Vol. VII, 1939. Since April, 1949, a journal with the same title has been published by Minzoku Gakkai.

Minzoku I: 33, 187, 290; II: 268

Minzoku, Yanagita Kunio and Okamura Chiaki, eds. Minzoku Hakkōjo, Vol. I, No. 6, 1926. Four volumes were published.

Minzoku bun II: 13, 132

Minzoku bunka, Yamaoka Yoshimatsu, ed. Vol. II, No. 7, June, 1941. Four volumes were published between 1940 and 1943. Resumed after WW II.

Minzoku ken 19: 343

Minzoku kenkyū, Ichikawa, Chiba. Nihon Minzoku Kenkyūkai, No. 19, May, 1930. Fifty numbers were issued between March 1928 and 1933.

Minzokugaku I: 40; II: 30, 185, 210, 268, 279, 291, 294, 331; IV: 34, 287; V: 30, 33, 37, 106

Minzokugaku, Okamura Chiaki and Koizumi Magane, eds. Through Vol. II, No. 10, after which it was edited by Koyama Eizō. Minzoku Gakkai, Vol. I: 1929; Vol. II: 1930; Vol. IV: 1932; and Vol. V: 1933. Each volume had 12 numbers. A total of five volumes.

Minzokugaku ken II: 26, 268, 269, 290

Minzokugaku kenkyū, Nihon Minzoku Gakkai. Sanseidō. Vol. II: 1936. This is an ethnological journal which continues publication.

Minzoku sōwa 72, 96

Minzoku sōwa, Tanigawa Iwao. Sakamoto Shoten: 1926, pp.193. Studies in folklore.

Mitsu 37, 39, 65, 74, 86, 107, 114, 130, 205, 206, 222, 230, 234

Mitsu-gun mukashibanashi shu, Imamura Katsuomi. Sanseidō: 1943, pp.203. Folk tales of Mitsu-gun, Okayama. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1974 edition under the title Okayama-ken Mitsu-gun mukashibanashi shū.

Mukashibanashi 3, 16, 20, 30, 33, 39, 40, 48, 107, 110, 111, 117, 122, 125, 146, 149, 164, 175, 183, 192, 194, 206, 221, 224, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 247, 268, 269, 291, 304, 313, 318, 319, 343

Mukashibanashi, Ina Minzoku Kenkyūkai, Iida, Shinano Kyodo Shuppansha: 1934, pp.161. Folk tales of the Ina district in Nagano. An Introduction by Iwasaki Kiyomi.

MK I: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 57, 58, 59, 60, 72, 74, 75, 76, 81, 86, 88, 92, 93, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 125, 126, 129, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 153, 155, 156, 158, 164, 166, 170, 171, 174, 175, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 205, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 220, 225, 228, 233, 236, 244, 246, 247, 250, 252, 267, 268, 269, 274, 277, 283, 288, 291, 292, 294, 301, 302, 304, 306, 308, 309, 310, 313, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 328, 329, 341, 343

MK II: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 64, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 147, 148, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 166, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 181, 183, 184, 185, 193, 194, 202, 203, 205, 206, 214, 215, 218, 220, 234, 238, 239, 243, 245, 246, 250, 251, 254, 259, 265, 268, 269, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 292, 300, 304, 308, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 327, 328, 343, 345, 346

Mukashibanashi kenkyu, Vol. I edited by Hagiwara Masanori, Vol. II edited by Seki Keigo. Vol. I: 1935-1936: Vol. II: 1936-1937. A journal devoted to the folk tale. All-Japan in scope.

Geibi 8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 28, 33, 39, 42, 55, 72, 75, 79, 85, 90, 105, 106, 132, 133, 134, 137, 139, 164, 170, 172, 174, 198, 207, 210, 213, 229, 232, 238, 274, 278, 325, 328

(Mukashibanashi no kenkyū) Geibi sōsho, Hiroshima Shihan Gakkō Kyōdo Kenkyūshitsu, ed. Hiroshima. Published by the editors: 1939, pp.232. Field notes on folk tales by students of Hiroshima Normal School. New title: Geibi mukashibanashi shū, edited by Muraoka Masao.

Techō 100, 105, 107, 121, 144, 185, 239, 321

(Mukashibanashi saishū) techō, Yanagita Kunio and Seki Keigo. Minkan Denshō no Kai, 1936, pp.24 and 100 tales. A handbook for collecting tales.

MB bun 18, 328

Mukashibanshi to bungaku, Yanagita Kunio. Sōgensha: 1938, pp.351. A comparative study of selected tales and literary versions.

Mura

Mura no hanashi. See Okunan shinpō.

Muro 216, 309

Muro kōhi shu, Saiga Sadajirō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1927, pp.232. Oral traditions in Wakayama. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Nagakubo 92

Nagakubo ni okeru nenchū gyōji, Koike Atou. Nagata-machi, Chiisagta-gun, Nagano. Published by the author: 1932, pp. 14 (folded). Local folklore.

Nanetsu 4: 210; II: 3: 260

Nanetsu minzoku, Fukui Kyōdo Kenkyūkai. Fukui. No. 4, January 1938; Vol. II, No. 3, June, 1939. Publication under this title ended with Vol. IV, No. 2, 1943.

Nanki 73, 162, 188

Nanki dozoku shiryō, Mori Hikotarō. Minabe-machi, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama. Published by the author: 1924, pp.330. Folklore in Hidaka-gun, Wakayama.

Nansō 183, 185, 213, 240, 269, 276, 283

Nansō no rizoku, Uchida Kunihiko. Ōsetsu Shooku: 1915, pp.166. Village lore in Chiba.

Nantō 30, 51, 69, 72, 75, 107, 164, 283, 284

Nantō setsuwa, Sakima Kōei. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1922, pp. 148. Stories about Ginowan village and vicinity on Okinawa. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Naori 80, 102, 126, 140, 143, 181, 213, 292, 328, 343

Naori-gun mukashibanashi shū, Suzuki Kiyomi. Sanseidō: 1943, pp.152. Folk Tales of Naori-gun, Ōita. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title ōita-ken Naori-gun mukashibanashi shū.

Nara 18: 107

Nara, Takeda Jūrō, ed. No. 18: 1922. A journal of folklore.

Nihon den Harima 24

Nihon densetsu sōsho, Harima-no-maki, Fujisawa Morihiko. Nihon Densetsu Kankōkai: 1918, pp.402. Legends of Hyōgo.

Nihon den Kazusa 193, 213, 293

Nihon densetsu sōsho, Kazusa-no-maki, Fujisawa Morihiko. Nihon Densetsu Kankōkai: 1917, pp.379. Legends of Chiba. The two volumes of Fujisawa are part of a series of collection of legends named according to old provices.

Nihon den 3, 20, 27, 28, 39, 57, 72, 105, 110, 113, 160, 162, 215, 268, 269, 288, 300, 304, 319

Nihon densetsu shū, Takagi Toshio. Musashino Shoin: 1913, pp. 307. The earliest collection of Japanese legends by a folklorist in Japan.

Nihon dōwa 30, 34, 35, 36, 152, 178, 183, 202, 213, 228, 235, 300, 328, 334, 343

Nihon dōwa shū, Matsumura Takeo. Sekai Dōwa Taikei Kankōkai: 1924, pp. 955. This volume of Japanese children’s stories is Vol. XVI of Seki dōwa taikei, a series of world children’s stories.

Nihon dōwa shin ken 267, 300, 322, 325

Nihon dō wa no shin kenkyū, Nakata Senpo. Bunyūsha: 1926, pp.497. A study of selected children’s stories.

Nihon kayō 234

Nihon kayō ruijū, ge, Owada Tateki. Hakubunkan: 1898, pp.1016.

Nihon shū, jō 3, 33, 34, 71, 119, 180, 269, 271, 285, 290, 300, 306, 308, 342

Nihon mukashibanashi shū, jō, Yanagita Kunio. Ars: 1930, pp.242. A selection of folk tales made by Yanagita.

Nihon shū, ge 18, 34, 35, 51, 105, 125, 140, 328

Nihon mukashibanashi shū, ge, Kindaichi Kyōsaku, Tanaka Umekichi, Iha Fuyū, and Sayama Yūkichi. Ars: 1929, 248.’ Folk tales from the Ainu and Okinawa, Korea, and Formosa.

Nihon zenkoku 6, 26, 33, 37, 42, 88, 100, 106, 125, 132, 136, 141, 153, 155, 156, 158, 161, 174, 178, 225, 235, 238, 306, 309, 318, 321, 328, 343

(Nihon zenkoku) Kokumin dōwa, Ishii Kendō. Dōbunkan: 1911, pp. 433. The earliest attempt to collect oral tales for children.

Nishisanuki 66

Nishisanuki mukashibanashi shū, Takeda Akira. Marugame. Kagawaken Marugame Kōjo Kyōdo Kenkyōshitsu, ed. Published by editors: 1941, pp.120. Folk tales from Kagawa.

Nobechi 8

Nobechi hōgen shū, Nakaichi Kenzō. Sangensha: 1936, pp. 177. Dialect of the Nobechi district in Kamikita-gun, Aomori.

Nomi 20, 22, 156, 216

Nomi-gun shi, Ishikawa-ken, Nomi-gun Yakuba. Published by editors: 1923, pp.1621. Records about Nomi-gun, Ishikawa.

Nōmin 206

Nōmin ritan, Sasaki Kizen and Motoyama Keisen. Isseisha: 1934, pp. 195. Beliefs and tales found in rural communities of Iwate. This volume contains biographical information about Sasaki.

Noto 57, 142

Noto meiseki shi, Ishikawa-ken Toshokan Kyōkai, ed. Published by the editors: 1931, pp.158. This is a modern printing of Noto-no-kuni meiseki shi (1778) attributed to Ota Yorimoto (Michikane) and other similar works, edited by the association of librarians in Ishikawa.

Ōawa 33

Ōawa no yokogao, Yokoyama Harushige. Tokushima. Tokushima Nichinichi Shinpōsha: 1934, pp. 703. About Tokushima, Shikoku.

Ōchi 3

Ōchi-gun shi, Moriwaki Ta’ichi. Matsue. Shōbundō: 1937, pp.1384. Records of Ōchi-gun, Shimane.

Okayama rekishi II: 11, 229

Okayama rekishi chiri. Okayama. Okayama Rekishi Chiri Gakkai, Vol. II, No. 2, March, 1935. A publication of the group. Vol. I, No. 1 in November, 1934; Vol. II, No. 3 in May 1935.

Okayama bun II: 21, 34, 85, 164, 189, 195; III: 33, 106, 107, 328.

Okayama-ken bunka shiryō. Okayama. Okayama Bunken Kenkyūkai, Vol. II: 1929-1939; Vol. III: 1930-1931. A total of three volumes was published.

Okinoerabu 8, 53, 54, 75, 98, 105, 109, 136, 172, 174, 184, 198, 210

Okinoerabu mukashibanashi, Iwakura Ichiro. Minkan Denshō no Kai: 1943. Available in an edition from Kokan Shoin, 1955, pp.334. Pages in this translation are from the later edition. The tales were collected in May and June of 1936.

Okinoshima 3, 30, 107, 110, 150, 158, 183, 318

Okinoshima mukashibanashi to hogen, Yokochi Manji and Asada Yoshirō. Yokoichi-mura, Shikama-gun, Hyōgo: Kyōdo Bunkasha: 1936, pp.85. Folk tales and dialect of Oki Islands, Shimane.

Okunan* 58, 164, 169

Okunan shinpō, Hachinohe, Aomori. This newspaper published a column, “Mura no hanashi” (Village Tales) over a period of years. References within this translation are either explained in the text or identified with Mukashibanashi kenkyū, which made selections from it.

Ono 18

Ono-mura nenchū gyōji, Nakamura Toraichi, ed. Kamiina Shi Hensankai: 1956, pp.49. This is a reproduction of an earlier study of village celebrations at Ono.

Osa 259

Osa-mura nenchū gyōji, Hakoyama Kitarō, ed. Ueda, Nagano: 1935, pp.224. The editor is a folklorist living at Koida, Ueda, Nagano.

Oshō 150, 183, 225, 245

Oshō to kozō, Nakata Senpo. Sakamoto Shoten: 1927, pp.246. Stories about a priest and his novice.

Otari 30, 60, 106, 137, 163, 170, 177, 268, 269, 280, 288, 321

Otari kōhi shū, Koike Naotarō, ed. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1922, pp.219. Legends in the northern tip of Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Rōō 17, 18, 20, 30, 38, 39, 42, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 65, 69, 70, 72, 86, 88, 89, 91, 96, 98, 106, 116, 119, 130, 136, 140, 141, 149, 150, 152, 155, 164, 169, 174, 175, 176, 183, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 198, 206_, 209, 214, 219, 246, 310, 327

Rōō yatan, Sasaki Kizen. Kyōdo kenkyūsha: 1927, pp.355. Most of these tales were recited by Haneishi Tanei, an old woman who lived near Sasaki’s home in Iwate.

Sado shū 8, 18, 20, 37, 88, 126, 132, 164, 172, 204, 219, 238, 343

Sado mukashibanashi shū, Suzuki Tōzō. Minkan Denshō no Kai: 1939, pp.280. Now available in a 1973 edition from Sanseidō under the title Niigata-ken Sado mukashibanashi shū. This is the early collection by Suzuki from Sado Island, Niigata.

Sado 78, 172

Sado no mukashibanashi, Fukurakuan (pen name of Matsuda Yokichi). Mano-mura, Sado-gun, Niigata. Ikeda Shoten: 1937, pp.210. A collection of Sado tales.

Sadogashima 36, 39, 50, 114, 143, 172, 187

Sadogashima, mukashibanashi shu, Suzuki Tōzō. Sanseidō: 1942. pp.191. Folk tales from Sado, mostly those selected from his earlier work. A Zenkoku kiroku volume.

Sakurada 72

Sakurada Katsunori. A folklorist who reported to Yanagita.

Sangaku XIX: 111

Sangaku. Nihon Sangakukai (Japan Alpinist Club), Vol. XIX, No. 3, February, 1925. This publication began in 1906 and continues to the present except for an interruption due to the war.

Sanshū Taka 197

Sanshū Takamatsu sōshi, Miyatake Shōzō. Takamatsu. Published by the author: 1925, pp.178. Folklore in Kagawa.

Sanshū Yoko 196, 269, 304

Sanshū Yokoyama banashi, Hayakawa Kōtarō. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1921, pp.123. Folklore of Yokoyama, Aichi. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Sanuki 1*: 72; 8: 137.

Sanuki minzoku, Takeda Akira, ed., Tadotsu, Kagawa. Sanuki Minzoku Kenkyūkai, No. 1, December, 1938: No. 8, not available. Folklore of Kagawa.

Sanuki SS 232

Sanuki Sanagi Shishijima mukashibanashi shū, Takeda Akira. Sanseidō: 1944, pp. 156. Folk tales of Sanagi and Shishijima Islands of Shikoku. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Kagawa-ken Sanagi Shishijima mukashibanashi shū.

Satte 291

Satte dōyō shū, Ueno Isamu. Satte-machi, Kitakatsushika-gun, Saitama. Published by the author: 1933, pp.35. Children’s songs and riddles.

Setonaikai 53

Setonaikai tōsho junpō nikki, Attic Museum, ed. Attic Museum: 1940, pp.349. Notes about islands in the Inland Sea.

Shidara 15: 122

Shidara, Shidara Minzoku Kenkyūkai. Sanrin-mura, Kitashidara-gun, Aichi. Published by the group. No. 15, January, 1937. A journal on local folklore.

Shima I: 6, 9, 44, 92, 111, 172, 174 199; II: 8, 17, 68, 82, 92, 107, 166, 167, 172, 174, 184, 185, 191, 218, 226, 247

Shima, Yanagita Kunio and Hika Shunchō, eds. Published by the editors, Vol. I: 1933; Vol. II: 1934. The first volume had six numbers. The second was a single issue.

Shimabara 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 38, 65, 72, 107, 125, 145, 147, 150, 154, 155, 156, 161, 175, 177, 183, 199, 206, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 228, 234, 237, 247, 252, 255, 291, 297, 303

Shimabara hantō minwa shū, Seki Keigo. Kensetsusha: 1935, pp.348. The first collection of tales by Seki.

Shimabara shū 50, 51, 55, 56, 97, 105, 106, 159, 168, 171, 193, 194, 211, 214, 215, 216, 218, 239, 245, 26_6, 304, 308, 318, 325, 332

Shimabara hantō mukashibanashi shū, Seki Keigo. Sanseido: 1942, pp. 186. Most of the items are from the earlier work. A Zenkoku kiroku volume.

Shimane 162, 171

Shimane-ken kōhi densetsu shū, Shimane Kyōikukai, ed. Matsue. Published by he editors: 1927, pp.342. Legends and oral tales of Shimane. Items from each city and gun begin from a page 1.

Shimane min I: 4: 57

Shimane minzoku, Shimane Minzoku Gakkai. Matsue. Published by the group. Vol. I, No. 4, April, 1939. Folklore in Shimane.

Shimizu 249

Shimizu Hyōzō. The reference to Izumo no dōwa by Shimizu is to an unpublished work. He contributed tales to Kyōdo kenkyū and Tabi to densetsu.

Shimominochi 33, 34, 42, 48, 133

Shimominochi-gun shi, Shimominochi Kyōikukai, ed. Nagano. Published by the editors: 1918, pp.217. Records of Shimominochi-gun, Nagano.

Shimotsuke 14, 24, 30, 35, 48, 49, 55, 65, 102, 105, 106, 107, 170, 174, 178, 183, 188, 193, 198, 206, 213, 216, 234, 236, 237, 243, 245, 246, 247, 327

Shimotsuke Motegi mukashibanashi shū, Katō Keichi, ed. Sangensha: 1935, pp.95. Folk tales of Tochigi.

Shintatsu 6, 20, 188, 321

Shintatsu mintan shū, Kndo Kiichi (One of Yanagita Kunio’s pen names), Kyōdo kenkyūsha: 1928, pp.207. Tales from Shinobu and Date gun in Fukushima. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Shinwa* 257

Shinwa to densetsu. Compiled by Kagoshima Shōgakkō.

Shiwa 1, 10, 18, 34, 42, 51, 57, 69, 88, 92, 100, 115, 136, 147, 172, 177, 183, 191, 194, 216, 218, 220, 247, 252, 254, 307, 316

Shiwa-gun mukashibanashi, Sasaki Kizen. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1926, pp. 238. Folk tales of Shiwa-gun, Iwate. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Shiwa shū 3, 8, 16, 17, 30, 33, 34, 37, 39, 42, 50, 54, 62, 72, 76, 80, 81, 96, 98, 106, 107, 114, 117, 130, 133, 150, 156, 164, 170, 172, 174, 180, 185, 188, 190, 202, 204, 206, 210, 211, 213, 224, 234, 238, 239, 246, 253, 304, 318, 325, 343

Shiwa-gun mukashibanashi shū, Ogasawara Kenkichi. Sanseidō: 1942, pp.173. Ogasawara wished to have his tales set down his way. A Zenkoku kiroku volume. Now available in a 1973 edition under the title Iwate-ken Shiwa-gun mukashibanashi shū.

Shizuoka 10, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 47, 48, 50, 57, 77, 78, 92, 107, 140, 180, 198, 215, 216, 268, 269, 270, 279, 281, 283, 291, 302, 303, 304, 308, 309, 328

Shizuoka-ken densetsu mukashibanashi shū, Shizuoka-ken Joshi Shihan Gakkō Kyōdo Kenkyūkai, ed. Shizuoka. Shizuoka Yajimaya Shoten: 1934, pp. 512. Folk tales gathered by the group at Shizuoka Women’s Normal School.

Shōdojima 106, 107, 243, 246

Shōdojima minzoku shi, Kawano Masao. A manuscript written in late Taisho or early Showa. Although several tales were selected, the manuscript is now lost.

Shokoku (a bound volume of several works)

Shokoku mintan. This is a title given a bound volume of several collections, but it is not a publication.

Shokoku mono 68, 162, 174

Shokoku monogatari, Suzuki Kanekichi, ed. Osaka. Asahi Shinbunsha: 1924, pp.315. A selection of tales and legends.

Shumi 96, 234, 246

Shumi no densetsu, Igarashi Chikara. Nishōdō Shoten: 1913, pp.476. A collection of legends and tales.

Sōshū 197, 269, 281, 290, 291, 293

Sōshū Uchigo-mura banashi, Suzuki Shigemitsu, ed. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1924, pp.165. Folklore of Uchigo-mura, Tsukui-gun, Kanagawa. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Suō 14, 18, 30, 34, 69, 156, 159, 208, 229, 235, 300, 302, 318

Suō Ōshima mukashibanashi shū, Miyamoto Tsuneichi. Tachibanamachi, Ōshima-gun, Yamaguchi. Ōshima Bunka Kenkyū Renmei: 1956, pp.119. This is a printing of a manuscript of material gathered between 1930 and 1940. It escaped bombing because it happened to be in the hands of Yanagita. Miyamoto’s entire library in his home was burned.

Susō 42

Susō-gun kyōdo ihō, Ehime Kenritsu Susō Kōtō Jogakkō. Susō-gun, Ehime. Published by the group. Vol. I: July, 1931. Local customs and traditions reported by students.

TD I: 11, 65, 97, 106, 171, 185, 213, 242, 243, 259; II; 14, 27, 30, 81, 150, 155, 194, 290; III: 16, 30, 68, 106, 147, 153, 158, 162, 171, 196, 210, 243, 261, 268, 279; IV: 34, 68, 147, 271, 279, 304; V: 1, 245; VI: 10; VII: 97; IX: 30, 32, 48, 199, 318, 320, 325, 340; X: 6, 14, 17, 30, 33, 50, 72, 92, 164, 172, 185, 237; XI: 128, 317; XII: 3, 30, 67, 128, 139, 238, 257, 269, 302, 329; XIII: 77, 122, 143, 254

Tabi to densetsu, Hagiwara Masanori, ed. Vol. I through XIII, 1928-1941. Published from 1928 to 1944. The volumes festured travel and local customs and tales.

Tabi kyō* 1: 40

Tabi to kyōdo, Vol. 1. This was published by Hokutosha. A total of seven volumes.

Techō. See Mukashibanashi saishū techō.

Tekkiri 11, 20, 28, 30, 65, 198, 199, 208, 215, 268, 269, 288, 300, 304, 317, 320, 328

Tekkiri ane sama, Nōda Tayoko, Miraisha: 1958, pp. 355. This is the publication of the Gonohe mukashibanashi manuscript.

Tome 96, 107, 185

Tome-gun shi, Tome-gun Gunyakusho, ed. Tome-gun, Miyagi. Published by the editor: 1923, Part Two, pp.1069. Records of Tomegun.

Tōno 3, 30, 34, 59, 102, 106, 118, 151, 160, 162, 188, 194, 199, 269, 277

Tōno monogatari, Yanagita Kunio. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1935, pp.434, an enlarged edition. The first printing was by Shūseidō: 1910. Local tradition and customs in the Tōno region, Iwate.

Tōō 39, 45

Tōō ibun, Sasaki Kizen. Sakamoto Shoten: 1926, pp.178. Folklore of eastern Iwate.

Tōtōmi 269, 283, 288

Tōtōmi doshiyō shū, Nakamichi Sakuji. Shizuoka. Oka Shoin: 1935, pp. 284. A collection of children’s songs and poems in the Tōtōmi region, now a part of Shizuoka and Aichi.

Tōtsubito V 8: 185

Tōtsubito, Shimosa Danwakai Kiroku. Teradai (now Narita), Chiba. Published by the group. Vol. V, No. 8, September, 1939. A journal published by a group of young writers.

Toyosato 76, 148, 193

Toyosato-son shi, Satō Toyoharu, ed. Toyosato-mura, Mogami-gun, Yamagata. Toyosato Yakuba: 1929, pp.277. Records about the village Toyosato.

Tsuchi iro V: 304, 234; XIII: 73

Tsuchi no iro, Iio Tetsuji, ed. Hamamatsu. Hamamatsu Kodomo Kyōkai, Vol. V, No. 4: 1928; Vol. XIII (No. 67): 1934. Tales and poems gathered by the group.

Tsuchi ka XVI: 279

Tsuchi no ka, Kaga Haruo, ed. Okoshi-machi, Nakajima-gun, Aichi. Dozoku Shumisha, Vol. XVI, No. 5: 1935. Folklore in Aichi. The group was called Dozoku Shumisha in Okoshi.

Tsugaru K 1, 34, 42, 48, 56, 70, 100, 136, 164, 179, 199, 203, 204, 216, 268, 273, 298, 304, 318, 319, 320, 325

Tsugaru kōhi shū, Uchida Kunihiko. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1937, pp.251. Oral traditions of Tsugaru, Aomori.

Tsugaru M 3, 17, 18, 30, 33, 34, 36, 42, 48, 54, 58, 59, 100, 107, 114, 133, 136, 164, 179, 182, 183, 203, 206, 211, 232, 238 247, 304, 318, 319, 320, 321, 325, 343

Tsugaru no mugashiko shū, Kawai Yūtarō. Aomori. Tōō Nippōsha: 1930, pp.142. Folk tales of Tsugaru, Aomori.

Ugo 1, 3, 11, 23, 37, 70, 72, 88, 92, 106, 107, 162, 202, 204, 212, 220, 268, 269, 287, 288, 289, 313, 323, 328

(Ugo) Kakunodate chihō ni okeru chōchū sōmoku no minzokugaku-teki shiryō, Moto Tetsujō. Attic Museum: 1935, pp.354. Folklore about birds, insects, plants, and trees in Akita. The title is frequently abbreviated in various ways.

Utsushibana 43, 73, 74, 136, 245

Ustushibana, Sawada Shirōsaku. Osaka. Published by the author: 1941, pp.126. This was published as No. 10 of Fushi zappitsu.

Yachō XIV: 3: 279

Yachō, Vol. XIV, No. 3, March, 1937. A journal devoted to birds that has been in publication since 1934.

Yachō zakki 278

Yachō zakki, Yanagita Kunio, Kōchō Shorin: 1940, pp.268. One of two volumes on folklore and nature. The other is Yasō zakki, dealing with plants.

Yamato 35, 46

Yamato no densetsu, Takada Jūrō. Nara. Yamato Shiseki Kenkyūkai: 1933, pp.345. Local traditions.

Yambaru 30, 75

Yambaru no dozoku, Shimabukuro Genshichi. Kyōdo Kenkyūsha: 1929, pp.287. Folklore on Okinawa. A Rohen sōsho volume.

Zen Nagasaki 345

(Zen) Nagasaki kayōshū, Murata Yoichi, ed. Kōransha: 1931. pp.454. A collection of traditional songs in Nagasaki.