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What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition What day is it on June 14th?

The day the first edition of "Tono Monogatari" was published (Iwate Prefecture)

The former Takazen Ryokan and the statue of Kunio Yanagita in Tono City
The former Takazen Ryokan and the statue of Kunio Yanagita in Tono City

On June 14, 1910 (Meiji 43) , "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono), a collection of folktales written and compiled by folklorist Kunio Yanagita , was published. These tales were based on traditions from the Tono region of Iwate Prefecture, as told by Kizen Sasaki , a folktale collector and novelist from Tsuchibuchi Village in Tono

The first edition had a print run of 350 copies, printed by Kyorinsha, and was self-published with no publishing house. At the time, the work received mixed reviews, but it is now considered a pioneering work in Japanese folklore studies

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