The sons of Eboshi 烏帽子の子たち

Author(s)

• 大森, 康宏 オオモリ, ヤスヒロ
• Watari, Junkichi
• 国立民族学博物館 コクリツ ミンゾクガク ハクブツカン

Bibliographic Information

The sons of Eboshi = 烏帽子の子たち

directing and filming, Yasuhiro Omori ; co-director and sound recording, Junkichi Watari ; production, National Museum of Ethnology

Documentary Educational Resources, c2007

Videorecording（Videodisc）

Title Transcription

The sons of Eboshi = エボシ ノ コ タチ

Note

In Japanese; with English narration

Filmed in April-June 1979

DVD

Summary: Four young men take part in traditional coming-of-age Eboshi-Gi rites in Shizuhara, a village in Japan's Kyoto province. The Shinto ceremony of Samurai orgin marks the young men's passage into adulthood and initiates them into the local youth association. Families prepare for the Eboshi-Gi with extravagent banqueting and the young men practice the recitation of verses and gather symbolic decorations. The film documents the deep respect for tradition still held in this area of modern Japan

• NCID: BB0663164X
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engjpn
• Place of Publication: Watertown, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 1 videodisc (81 min.)
• Size: 12 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shinto -- Customs and practices
  • LCSH : Japan -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Documentary films