A Comparative Folklore Study about the Rituals of Jijin-Moso

Research Project

Project/Area Number	11610323
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
Research Institution	Kagoshima University
Principal Investigator	TOKUMARU Aki Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economic, and the Humanities, Associate Professor, 法文学部, 助教授 (90241752)
Project Period (FY)	1999 – 2001
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000) Fiscal Year 2001: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000) Fiscal Year 2000: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords	Jijin-Moso / A Festival of Kenro-Jijin / Musi-Okuri / A Tale about "Prince Goro" / Kenro-Jijin / Suijin )Spirits of ater) / Siryou )Death Spirits) / 「中央」 / 地霊 / 落城伝説 / 地神派盲僧 / 森神 / 屋敷神 / 玄清部 / 本寺獲得運動 / 田の神 / 穀霊 / 漁村の地神祭
Research Abstract	This project focuses on a comparative folklore study about the rituals of Jijin-Moso. Jijin-Moso is blind folk shaman-priest. He plays Moso-Biwa, and chants the earth. On this study, I investigated Satum-Moso, Cikuzen-Moso, and Jigamiha-Moso actived in yamaguchi purifecture. On this report, I reported about JiJin-Sai (a festival of Kenro-Jijin), it was performed at the beginning of spring, and Musi-Okuri (ritual to exorcise vermin and evil spirits from a village), used by the dvd-video disc. In addition to that, I explained a religious world view constructed by center and four sides, four seasens chanted in a tale about "Prince Goro". And I tried to explained religious character of Jijin-Moso through report about the folklore of Kusuno-Mori.