| Project/Area Number |
09610054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
美学(含芸術諸学)
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
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Principal Investigator |
ITAYA Tooru Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Faculty of Music, Professor, 音楽部, 教授 (20130867)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KANESHIRO Atsumi Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Faculty of Music, Assistant Professor, 音楽部, 助教授 (50183273)
KUMADA Susumu Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, The Research Institute, Assistant Professor, 附属研究所, 助教授 (30215024)
OKAMOTO Junya Hitotsubashi Univesity, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Lecturer, 商学部, 講師 (00313437)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
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| Keywords | The youth associations / Eisa / Drums / Folk Dance / 太鼓踊り / エイサ- |
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| Research Abstract |
This research entitled 《The comprehensive research on the dynamic state of the Eisa, a folk performing arts in Okinawa》 focused on the current status of the Eisa that is performed by members of youth association in each aria within Okinawa. The research was carried out over the whole area of the Okinawa main island. We prepared survey forms and investigated on the elements of the youth associations such as the structure, the activity and the style of their performances for three years from 1997 to 1999.
It has been conventionally understood that the Eisa is a dance performed during the midsummer Bon Festival and is to give repose to the spirits of deceased ancestors, religious context of it however, has gradually been weakening. Instead, they have stretched a meaning of the Eisa itselfe, strolling-musician-character and begun to offer the Eisa as a welcome performance to tourists of Okinawa. The youth associations should be responsible for the change in the context in such public entertainments. The Eisa has become a medium of the self-expression rather than public entertainments that should be severely passed on to next generation to the youth in Shima (village or administrative district) where the youth associations preside the Eisa autonomously. Therefore, adopting techniques, songs and dances of the Eisa from another region and the creation of new repertoires are all welcomed.
The Eisa with its flexibility and vitality are beyond the concept of the folk entertainment within mainland of Japan and the content of its public entertainments will suggest the direction of the further activities of the youth associations in Okinawa to meet the need of the time.
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