Seki Keigo (関敬吾 1899 - 1990) was a Japanese folklorist. He was influenced by Yanagita Kunio but often came to different conclusions regarding the same folktales. Along with collecting and compiling folktales, Seki also arranged them into a series of categories. 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore such as fairy tales and folk mythology in oral or non-literary traditions. ... Yanagita Kunio (柳田 国男 1875-1962) is a scholar who is often known as a father of Japanese ethnology. ... Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular ethnic population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ...

Major works

• Nihon Mukashibanashi Shūsei (日本昔話集成, "Compilation of Japanese Folktales, Nihon Mukashibanashi Shūsei^?)

References

Kawamori, Hiroshi (2003). "Folktale Research After Yanagita: Development and Related Issues." (pdf). Asian Folklore Studies 62 (2): pp. 237-56. Retrieved on 12-18-2006.