The Invention of Tradition in Judo : The Saigo Shiro' Myth of Analysis

  • MIZOGUCHI Noriko
    Department of International Culture, Faculty of Cultural Policy and Management

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  • 柔道における伝統の創造 : 西郷四郎の神話分析

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Abstract

The hero of the fiction "Sanshiro Sugata" is talked about with KODOKAN, development of the Judo in Japan as if it is an actual person. Sanhiro's character was based on Shiro Saigo. Shiro Saigo became a hero in Japan and was the model for the main character in Tomita Tsuneo's novel "Sugata Sanshiro". And then, this film was released in Japan on 25 March 1943 by Toho film studios. I think that the myth of Shiro Saigo is indispensable to establish KODOKAN for history of judo. I describe that the society by a real image of Shiro Saigo and the reason the myth of Shiro Saigo was created.

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  • CRID
    1571980077761438080
  • NII Article ID
    110009889003
  • NII Book ID
    AA11576760
  • ISSN
    13464744
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Articles

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