Osaka, 1944.
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Miyatake Tatsuo (1892-1960) Painter and after the World War II he published many books on the paintings of pre-school children. He seemed to become engaged in the art education for pre-school children. In 1920s-1940s, Miyatake, who was much interested in the local customs and the primitive arts of the world, traveled to various islands in the Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, including Alaska, and studied and collected there the ethnological and primitive arts. His collection is now held by the Obara Hôun Memorial Museum, Sumiyoshi, Osaka.
Miyatake a en outre publié les ouvrages suivants : Arasuka ni genshi-geijutsu wo saguru (The Primitive arts in Alaska). Tôkyô, 1929. – Higashi-Indo shotô no kaiki to geijutsu (Mysteries and arts of the East India Islands). S. l., 1937. – Sekai Genshi Mingei Zushû (The folklore patters of the primitive people of the world). 28 vol. Osaka, 1940-43. – Higashi-Indo genjûmin no dozoku to geijutu (The local customs and the arts of the people in East India). Tôkyô, 1943. – Firipin genjûumin no dozoku to geijutu (The local customs and the arts of the people in the Philippine islands). Tôkyô, 1943. – Sekai shizen minzoku geijutsu zushû (The ethnological patterns of the primitive people in the world). Kyôto, 1948.
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