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Masanori YOSHIOKA is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology in the Department of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University. He did his graduate work in social anthropology at Tokyo Metropolitan University from which he obtained  his Ph.D.( Doctor in Social Anthropology). He is an author of A Man Kills Pigs to Raise Himself in Rank (in Japanese: Fukyosha, 2018), Gemeinschaft City ( in Japanese: Fukyosha, 2016), The Story of Raga - David Tevimule's Ethnography on His Own Society, North Raga of Vanuatu (JSOS Monograph Series Vol.1, 2013) , Against Postcolonial -Anthropology ( in Japanese: Fukyosha, 2005) and Graded System in Melanesia ( in Japanese: Fukyosha, 1998) which was awarded the 15th Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize in 1999, a general editor of Oceanic Studies( in Japanese, Kyoto University Press, 2009) and a coeditor of 58 Chapters to understand the South Pacific (in Japanese: Akashi Shoten 2010), Anthropologycal Studies on the Modern History of Oceania( in Japanese: Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology Special Issue no.21, 2000), Oceania 3 : Struggling with Modernity( in Japanese, University of Tokyo Press, 1993), and The Possibility of Social Anthropology: Societies in the History( in Japanese, Kobundo, 1988). 

Publications in English


1977 　“An Introduction to the New Hebridian English Pidgin or le Bichelamar”.
　　　　　　Gengokenkyu 72:47-86. （with Hiroshi Kuki） (Linguistic Society of Japan)　　　　

1985　 “Terminology and Kin Category in Maiana, Kiribati.”　 E. Ishikawa(ed.) The 1983-'84
　　　　　Cultural Anthropological　Expedition to Micronesia:An　Interim Report.
　　　　　Committee for Micronesian Research 1983.　Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.Tokyo pp.65-83

1985　 “The Marriage System of North Raga, Vanuatu.” Man and Culture in Oceania 1
　　　　　　:.27-54 (Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies)

1987　 “The Story of Raga:A Man's Ethnography on his Own Society (I) The Origin Myth”.　
　　　　　　Shinshudaigaku Kyoyobu Kiyo 21:.1-66 (Faculty of Liberal Arts, Shinshu University)

1988 　“The Story of Raga:A Man's Ethnography on his Own Society (II) Kin Relations.”
　　　　　Shinshudaigaku Kyoyobu Kiyo 22:.19-46 (Faculty of Liberal Arts, Shinshu University)

1992　 “A Vocabulary of the North Raga Language: Olgeta Tok long Lanwis blong Not Pentekost.."
　　　　　 Kindai 72:1-39. (with Richard Leona) (Faculty of Cross Cultural Studies, Kobe University)

1992　 “Book Review:Tungaru Traditions:Writings on the Atoll Culture of the Gilbert Islands.
　　　　　　Edited by H.E. Maude”　Man and Culture in Oceania :18:139-141

1993　“The Six-section System as a Model," Man and Culture in Oceania :l.9:45-68

1994　“Taboo and Tabooed:Women in North Raga of Vanuatu".K.Yamaji(ed.)Gender and  
　　　　　Fertility in Melanesia. Dept. of Anthropology, Kwansei Gakuin University. pp.75-108

2003　“The Story of Raga :A Man's Ethnography on His Own Society (III) Marriage". Journal of
　　　　　Cross-Cultural Studies 20:47-97. (Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies, Kobe University)

2005　“The Story of Raga :A Man's Ethnography on His Own Society (IV) Man and Woman".
　　　　　Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies 24:31-63. (Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies,
　　　　　Kobe University)

2010　 “Book Review:The Power of Perspective:Social Ontology and Agency on Ambrym, Vanuatu. by K.M.Rio”
　　 　　　 Journal of the Royal Anthropologycal Institute 16-2:434-435.

2013 　“The Story of Raga: A Man's Ethnography on His Own Society(V) The Gaibwarasi and Haroroagamali Rituals.”
　 　　　　Kindai 108: 31-86. (Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University)

2013 　“The Story of Raga: A Man's Ethnography on His Own Society(VI) Rank-taking Ritual.”
　 　　　　Journal o Intercultural Studies 40:73-142. (Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University)

2013 　　The Story of Raga: David Tevimule's Ethnography on His Own Society, North Raga of Vanuatu.
　 　　　　 The Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies Monograph Series No.1(The Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies)



Field Researches


1974 　　　　　　　North Raga(North Pentecost), New Hebrides
1981〜1982 　　 North Raga, Vanuatu.
1983 　　　　　　　Maiana Island, Kiribati.
1985　　　　　　　 Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
1991　　　　　　　 North Raga, Vanuatu.
1992 　　　　　　　North Raga, Vanuatu
1996　　　　　　　 North Raga, Vanuatu
1997　　　　　　　 Luganville, Vanuatu
1998　　　　　　　 Funafuti, Tuvalu
2003 　　　　　　　Luganville, Vanuatu
2004 　　　　　　　Luganville, Vanuatu
2005 　　　　　　　Hivaoa, Marquesas, French Polynesia
2005 　　　　　　　Funafuti, Tuvalu
2006 　　　　　　　　Palau 　Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
2007 　　　　　　　　Funafuti, Tuvalu
2009 　　　　　　　　Funafuti, Tuvalu
2011 　　　　　　　　Port Moresby, PNG 　Suva, Fiji
2011 　　　　　　　Port Vila, Vanuatu
2012 　　　　　　　Luganville, Vanuatu
2012 　　　　　　　Rarotonga, Cook Islands
2013 　　　　　　　North Raga, Vanuatu
2014 　　　　　　　Luganville, Vanuatu
2015 　　　　　　　Port Vila, Vanuatu
2018 　　　　　　　Luganville, Vanuatu
2019 　　　　　　　North Raga, Port Vila, Vanuatu