Frivolous Amusements of Very Serious People (Review of the Books on Leisure Culture in Japan).

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2022-2/292-309

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Keywords:

fuku, yokai, festivals, cards, games, good luck, blessing, demonology

Abstract

This text is a comprehensive overview of several monographs published in the 1990-s–2020-s by outstanding Russian experts in Japanese studies: S.B. Markarian, E.V. Molodiakova, E.E. Voytishek, A.R. Sadokova, and D.A. Trynkina. The authors gathered the materials for their books during their prolonged field work in Japan or borrowed them from a huge number of Japanese sources, both books and articles plus internet resources, dedicated to festivals, games, rituals, supernatural beliefs, demonology, and other related subjects.

Author Biography

  • Sergey A. Arutynov , The Russian Academy of Sciences N.N. Miklouho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

    Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. (History), Leading Research Fellow, N.N. Mikluho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Leninsky ave, 32A, Moscow, 119334).  E-mail: gusaba@iea.ras.ru

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Published

06.06.2022

Issue

№ 2 - 2022

Section

Historiography, Schools and Concepts