Kunio Yanagita

Kunio Yanagita studied at University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Kaisei Junior & Senior High School and First Higher School. the recorded working language is Esperanto and Japanese.

The field of work recorded is Japanese folklore, ethnology and anthropology.

Residence is recorded at Miki House. Employment is recorded with Kokugakuin University, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and Tokyo Asahi Shimbun. Positions recorded include Shokikanchō. Membership is recorded of Japan Academy, Japanese Esperanto Institute and Kokumin Gakujutsu Kyokai.

Works named in the authority record are Tōno Monogatari, Kagyū Kō and Center versus periphery.

Work by Kunio Yanagita is recorded in the collections of Kunio Yanagita and Matsuoka-ke Family Memorial Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Culture, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Person of Cultural Merit and Asahi Prize.