自从1846年英国学者汤姆森正式提出“Folklore”(民俗学)这一术语以来,各国的民俗学界针对这一术语的概念与内容,相继提出了不同的见解和争论,出现了许多学派。本文主要对日本民俗学家柳田国男的民俗学理论的研究对象和研究方法做一简单研究。 Since the British scholars Thomson formally proposed the term “Folklore” (folklore) in 1846, the folklore scholars of various countries raised different opinions and controversies in response to the concept and content of the term, and many schools of thought emerged. This article mainly makes a simple study on the research object and method of folklore theory of Japanese folklorist Yanagida Yoshihiko.