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An Introduction to the History of Funeral-and Ancestral Dedicating Ceremony of the Tokugawa Syogun

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09610354
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Japanese history
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Japanese Literature

Principal Investigator

OHTOMO Kazuo  NIJL, Department of Historical Documents Assistant Professor, 史料館, 助教授 (30169007)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
KeywordsFuneral-Ceremony / Ancestral Dedicating Ceremony / Tokugawa Syogun / Tokugawa Syogunate / Offering / Amnesty
Research Abstract

I examined this research on funeral- and ancestral dedicating ceremony of the Tokugawa syogun. I paid attention to the relation with feudal clans, towns and villages in analysis. Consequently I obtained the following result.
The funeral of the Tokugawa shogun was carried out under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate. The people of the whole country were obligated that is regulated life and go into mourning shile a definite period of time.
On the foreign relations, the death of a Shogun was conveyed to the Korea dynasty, and the dynasty send a messenser to Tsushima Island.
In each feudal clan ordered followings : (1) Suspension of all performances in music and dancing (Narimono-choji) (2) Amnesty (Gosyamen) (3) Offering to blind person (4) Production of shogun's memorial tablet (2) Amnesty constitutes an infringement of characteristic/original jurisdiction of each feudal clan. (4) Production of Shogun's memorial tablet means that each feudal clan performs memorial rites in honor of Tokugawa shogun. Each feudal lord was paying the allowance for this religious rites.
The ancestral dedicating ceremony of Tokugawa family established in the Kan-ei period (1624-1644). Basically shogun visited monthly to his ancestors shrine. If he could not visit himself, he dispatched his retainer as agency. Among the ceremony deed in Edo, an ancestral dedicating ceremony is turning an usual practice after an attendance at the castle (Tojo) ceremony. Also, many feudal lord and direct vassal of Shogun were of often mobilized on this ceremony.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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