Miyata Noboru
Miyata Noboru was a Japanese folklorist, and a close collaborator and friend of the historian Amino Yoshihiko.Biography
He graduated from the department of literature at Tokyo University of Education in 1960, was appointed Assistant Lecturer at the Tokyo Gakugei University in 1970, and became full-time professor at the University of Tsukuba in 1980. On his official retirement he took up a professorship at Kanagawa University.Works
He wrote many books and articles on popular religion and the Emperor system.
