16mm Documentary Films on Folklore Research in the Kinki Region, 1933-1936.

These are film recordings of ritual music and dances in the Kinki region made by Naojiro Nishida et al., Professor of the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University, with a research grant from the Hattori Hokokai Foundation, over a three-year period beginning in 1933. The films recorded by Keizo Shibusawa and members of his “Attic Museum” are well known as folklore video recordings in pre-World War II era; the videos in this collection are valuable materials that were recorded during the same period for the history of folklore studies.

  • Reference Code
    FoLs MOV 2013/3
  • Name and Location of Repository
    Department of Japanese History, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University and The Kyoto University Museum.
  • Date
    1933/1936
  • Extent
    23reels of 16mm film
  • Name of Creator(s)
    [Applicant] Nishida, Naojiro, 1886-1964 [Collaborator] Shibata, Minoru[Collaborator] Kashiwakura, Ryokichi ; [Camera operator] Satake, N, -1958, Kyoto Imperial University National history Laboratory and Department of National History
  • Conditions of Access and Use
    This collection is open for research. Using the materials for business/commercial purposes is prohibited. Unauthorized copying and re-distributing in altered electronic forms are also prohibited.
  • Languages and Scripts of the Material
    Japanese
  • Finding Aids
    https://peek.rra.museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ark:/62587/ar20194.20194?ln=en
  • Existence and Location of Copies
    Images and moving images data in the digital collection.
  • Archivist and Date
    2024