Asian Ethnology

Aims & Scope

Asian Ethnology (ISSN 1882–6865) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal registered as an Open Access Journal with all the contents freely downloadable.

Please read the information on our open access and copyright policies.

A list of monographs that were published under the journal's former names, Folklore Studies and Asian Folklore Studies, appear here.

Asian Ethnology is dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia.

It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and later moved to Japan where its name was changed to Asian Folklore Studies.

It is edited and published at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, with the cooperation of Boston University.

Asian Ethnology seeks to deepen understanding and further the pursuit of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Asia.

We wish to facilitate intellectual exchange between Asia and the rest of the world, and particularly welcome submissions from scholars based in Asia.

The journal presents formal essays and analyses, research reports, and critical book reviews relating to a wide range of topical categories, including -narratives, performances, and other forms of cultural representation -popular religious concepts -vernacular approaches to health and healing -local ecological/environmental knowledge -collective memory and uses of the past -cultural transformations in diaspora -transnational flows -material culture -museology -visual culture

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Popular Perceptions of Masculinity in Rural North Indian Oral Traditions

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Prem

• Religion and Reconstruction in the Wake of Disaster

  Citation: 16

  Authors: R. Michael, Patrick

• Salvage and Salvation: Guest Editors’ Introduction

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Philip, Levi

• Playful Relief: Folk Performing Arts in Japan after the 2011 Tsunami

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Ken

• For Whom to Conserve Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Dislocated Agency of Folk Belief Practitioners and the Reproduction of Local Culture

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Zhiqin

• Hard Lessons Learned: Tracking Changes in Media Presentations of Religion and Religious Aid Mobilization after the 1995 and 2011 Disasters in Japan

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Levi

• Sevā, Hindutva, and the Politics of Post-Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction in Rural Kutch

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Malini

• Between Desire and Duty: On Tibetan Identity and its Effects on Second-Generation Tibetans

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Tina

• Buddhist Disaster Relief: Monks, Networks, and the Politics of Religion

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jeffrey

• Research Note: The “Kimono Wednesday” Protests: Identity Politics and How the Kimono Became More Than Japanese

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Julie