An Anthropological Profile of Japan in Current Anthropology Volume 28 Number 4 Supplement

S1-S90 pages with diagrams, figures, photographs and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 28, Number 4 Supplement complete issue. First edition. Yamaguchi was born in Bihoro, Hokkaidō. A key figure in the introduction of structural anthropology to Japan, Yamaguchi was also noted for his engagements with political questions such as the Japanese emperor system and assimilation policies. Yamaguchi was also noted as a writer on the concepts of hermaphroditism and the trickster, and performed fieldwork in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Contents: The Dual Structure of Japanese Emperorship by Masao Yamaguchi; Weather Watching and Emperorship by Noboru Miyata; The Symbolism of Social Discrimination: A Decoding of Discriminatory Language by Osamu Mihashi; The Dragon Palace Child: An Anthropological and Sociohistorical Approach by Kazuhiko Komatsu; Folk Culture and the Liminality of Children by Yoshiharu Iijima; The Torimono Dance: The Reenactment of Possession and the Genesis of a No-type Performance by Toru Itaya; Shamanism and Medical Cures by Kho Nishimura; Pollution in the Folk Belief System by Emiko Namihirathe Position of Japanese Women by Chizuko Ueno; Ie and Dozoku: Family and Descent in Japan Reconsidered by Akitoshi Shimizu. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.