Publications

At present, the Institute's regular publications comprise the Bulletin of the Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University (1977-present), which publishes research papers by members and others; Shokoku Sōsho (1984-present), established in order to reprint materials in the Institute's possession; The Minken News (1988-present), our newsletter; and Minken Hōkoku (exhibition catalogue, 1984-present). In addition to these, the Institute irregularly publishes catalogues of our collections and the Supplementary Edition of the Bulletin of the Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University. The Institute also publishes the findings of collaborative research projects as monographs.

Bulletins and reports, etc.

Title	Volume number and contents
Denshō Bunka	No.1-10 (Oct. 1960-Mar. 1976)
Bulletin of the Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University	Vol. 1 (Dec. 1977) - present
Shokoku Sōsho	Vol. 1 (Mar. 1984) - present
Supplementary Edition of the Bulletin of the Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University	1.	"Fifty Years of Life in a Mountain Village: Research on Cultural Changes." (Survey report, 1985)
	2.	"Fifty Years of Life in a Mountain Village: Research on Cultural Changes." (Survey report, 1986)
	3.	"Letters of Emu Yamanaka." (Bulletin 17 Supplement)
	4.	"Kunio Yanagita and European Ethnology and Folklore Studies." (Bulletin 22 Supplement)
	5.	"Kunio Yanagita's Diary." (Bulletin 24 Supplement)
	6.	"N. Nevskii’s Irabu Village (Miyako County, Okinawa) Vocabulary List." (Bulletin 31 Supplement)
	7.	"Kantō Michinoki from the Hirayama Collection: known as 'Tōgoku Jindōki' by Yūsai Hosokawa." (Bulletin 35 Supplement)
	8.	"Sansō Enkaku." [A Research Note on Sansō: Three Granary Types for Famine and Disaster Relief as well as Distribution and Price Management.] (Bulletin 36 Supplement)
	9.	"Kōyasan Monjo Kenkyū." [A Study of the Documents of Kōyasan.], vol. 1. (Bulletin 37 Supplement)
	10.	"Kōyasan Monjo Kenkyū." [A Study of the Documents of Kōyasan.],vol. 2. (Bulletin 38 Supplement)
	11.	"Kōyasan Monjo Kenkyū." [A Study of the Documents of Kōyasan.],vol. 3. (Bulletin 39 Supplement)
	12.	"Kōyasan Monjo Kenkyū." [A Study of the Documents of Kōyasan.],vol. 4. (Bulletin 40 Supplement)
	13.	"Kōyasan Monjo Kenkyū." [A Study of the Documents of Kōyasan.],vol. 5. (Bulletin 41 Supplement)
The Minken News	No. 1 (June 1988) - present
Minken Hōkoku	No. 1 (Nov. 1984) - present

Monographs, etc.

	Title	ISBN
1.	Yanagita Bunko Zōsho Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the Yanagita Collection.] Seijo University, 1967.
2.	Hori Bunko Zōsho Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the Hori Collection.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 1977.
3.	Saeki Bunko Zōsho Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the Saeki Collection.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2000.
4.	Zōho Kaitei Yanagita Bunko Zōsho Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the Yanagita Collection, expanded and revised.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2003.
5.	Zōho Kaitei Hori Bunko Zōsho Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the Hori Collection, expanded and revised.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2005.
6.	Hirayama Toshijirō Hakushi Kizō Tosho Shiryō Mokuroku. [Catalogue of the collection donated by Dr. HIRAYAMA Toshijirō.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2013.
7.	Sanson/Kaison/Ritō Saishū Techō Dētabēsu 1: Sanson Saishū Techō Dētabēsu. [A Database of Field Notes on Mountain, Maritime and Isolated Island Villages 1: Mountain Villages.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2014. (DVD-ROM)
8.	Sanson/Kaison/Ritō Saishū Techō Dētabēsu 2: Kaison/Ritō Saishū Techō Dētabēsu. [A Database of Field Notes on Mountain, Maritime and Isolated Island Villages 2: Maritime and Isolated Island Villages.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 2015.　(DVD-ROM)
9.	Seijō Daigaku Minzokugaku Kenkyūjo 20-nen no Ayumi. [20 Years of the Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, 1993.
10.	Shōwaki Sanson no Minzoku Henka. [Changes in Mountain Village Folk Customs in the Showa Period.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, ed. Meicho Shuppan, 1990.	4626013708
11.	Nihon no Shoku Bunka: Shōwa Shoki Zenkoku Shokuji Shūzoku no Kiroku. [Japan's Food Culture: Nationwide Records of Food Customs in the Early Showa Period.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, ed. Iwasaki Bijutsusha, 1990 (main), 1995 (Suppl.).	4753402231(main) 4753402274(Suppl.)
12.	Shoku no Shōwa Bunkashi. [A Cultural History of Food in the Showa Period.] Sen'ichi TANAKA and Kenzo MATSUZAKI, eds. Ohfū, 1995.	4273028603
13.	Kindai Shomin Seikatsu no Tenkai: Kuni no Seisaku to Minzoku. [The Development of Commoners' Daily Lives in the Modern Age: National Policy and Folk Customs.] Kenzo MATSUZAKI, ed. San-Ichi Shobō, 1998.	4380983161
14.	Yanagita Bunko Shozō Nantō Bunken Kaidai. [An Annotated Bibliography of the Documents on Southern Islands in the Yanagita Collection.] The Institute of Folklore Studies, Seijo University, ed. Sunagoya Shobō, 1999.	4790404544
15.	Umi to Shima no Kurashi: Enkai Shochiiki no Bunka Henka. [Daily Life by the Sea and on the Islands: Cultural Change in Coastal Regions.] Sen'ichi TANAKA and Takao KOJIMA, eds. Yūzankaku, 2002.	463901760X
16.	Dōkyōsha Shūdan no Minzokugakuteki Kenkyū. [A Folkloristic Study on Groups from the Same Hometown.] Kenzo MATSUZAKI, ed. Iwata Shoin, 2002.	487294271X
17.	Nihon Ryōiki o Yomu. [Reading Nihon Ryōiki.] Kazuaki KOMINE and Ken SHINOKAWA, eds. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2004.	464202400X
18.	Umi no Minzoku Bunka: Gyorō Shūzoku no Denpa ni kansuru Jisshōteki Kenkyū. [The Culture of Seafaring Folk: Empirical Research on the Transmission of Fishing Folkways.] Takao KOJIMA, ed. Akashi Shoten, 2005.	4750320765
19.	Yanagita Kunio to Yōroppa: Kōshō Bungei no Tōzai. [Kunio Yanagita and Europe: Eastern and Western Folklore.] Masafumi TAKAGI, ed. Sankō-sha, 2006.	4879195898
20.	Suwakei Jinja no Onbashirasai: Shikinensai no Rekishi Minzokuteki Kenkyū. [The Onbashira Festival at Shrines Affiliated with Suwa Shrine: Historical Folkloric Research on Cyclical Festivals.] Kenzo MATSUZAKI, ed. Iwata Shoin, 2007.	9784872944617
21.	Sanbōe o Yomu. [Reading Sanbōe.] Takayuki KOJIMA, Mayumi KOBAYASHI, and Kazuaki KOMINE, eds. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2008.	9784642024631
22.	Hantō no Kurashi: Kōiki Minzokushi no Kokoromi. [Daily Life on a Peninsula: An Ethnography Beyond Municipal Borders.] Takao KOJIMA and Sen'ichi TANAKA, eds. Keiyūsha, 2009.	9784874491393
23.	Shō Kyōto to Ko Edo: "Utsushi" Bunka no Kenkyū. [Little Kyoto and Little Edo: Research on the Culture of "Reproducing".] Kenzo MATSUZAKI, ed. Iwata Shoin, 2010.	9784872946000
24.	Tōshi Kaden o Yomu. [Reading Tōshi Kaden.] Ken SHINOKAWA and Shin'ichiro MASUO, eds. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2011.	9784642024778
25.	Kurashi no Kakumei: Sengo Nōson no Seikatsu Kaizen Jigyō to Shin Seikatsu Undō. [Improving Everyday Life: Shin Seikatsu Undō and Postwar Initiatives to Improve Village Life.] Sen'ichi TANAKA, ed. Nōsangyoson Bunka Kyōkai, 2011.	9784540103056
26.	Hitogami Shinkō no Rekishi Minzokugakuteki Kenkyū. [A Historical Folkloric Study of the Belief in Deified Human Beings.] Kenzo MATSUZAKI, ed. Iwata Shoin, 2014.	9784872948509
27.	Jiin Engi no Kosō: Chūshaku to Kenkyū. [Commentary and Studies on the Early Foundations of Temple Origin Narratives.] Mayumi KOBAYASHI, Katsutaka HOJO, and Shin'ichiro MASUO, eds. Hōzōkan, 2015.	9784831857309
28.	Heisei no Dai Gappei to Chiiki Shakai no Kurashi: Kankeisei no Minzokugaku. [Daily Local Life and the Great Municipal Mergers of the Heisei Period: An Ethnography of Relationships.] Takao KOJIMA, ed. Akashi Shoten, 2015.	9784750341644