Orikuchi Shinobu
Orikuchi Shinobu ( Japanese 折 口 信 夫 ; wrongly read Origuchi Nobuo ; born February 11, 1887 in Kizu , Nishinari-gun (today: Osaka ); † May 3, 1953 ) was a Japanese writer and literary scholar.
Life
The merchant's son Orikuchi studied at Kokugakuin University until 1910 . He taught for some time in Osaka and then met the ethnologist Yanagita Kunio in Tokyo in a study group for Japanese folk culture led by Nitobe Inazō . This encounter stimulated him to his own studies, and in 1917 he published the writing Kōyaku man'yōshū ("The oral tradition of Man'yōshū "). In 1920 he became a lecturer, the following year professor at Kokugakuin University. Since 1928 he also taught at Keiō University .
After the Second World War, Orikuchi gave introductory courses in Shintoism at Kokugakuin University. He developed a new view of Shintoism and introduced new ideas and terms into the scientific debate.
Orikuchi published as a poet under the name Shaku Chōkū ( 釈 迢 空 ). He published u. a. the song collections Umi yama no aida and Iwoguna , the poetry anthology Kodai kan'aishū and the novel Shisha no sho , as well as literary theoretical writings such as Kodai kenkyū . A complete edition of his works was published under the title Orikuchi Shinobu zenshū .
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 Kenkyū ( 古代 研究 )
- Kabuki San ( か ぶ き 讃 )
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- 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 February 8, 2013 .
Web links
- Digital copies of Origuchi's works at Aozora Bunko
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SURNAME | Orikuchi, Shinobu |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 折 口信 夫 (Japanese); Origuchi, Nobuo (alternate reading); Origuchi, Shinobu (alternative reading); Shaku, Chōkū (pseudonym); 釈 迢 空 (pseudonym, Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer and literary scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kizu , Nishinari-gun (today: Osaka ) |
DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1953 |