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A law sociological study about the religious service and its succession for graves in the fewer children and aged society

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13620014
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Fundamental law
Research InstitutionIbaraki Christian University

Principal Investigator

MORI Kenji  Ibaraki Christian University, Faculty of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90113282)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Keywordscemetery / declining birthrate / aged society / ancestor religious service / family grave / unrelated grave(muen-funbo) / reinterment / notification for a reinterment of unrelated grave / 無縁改葬公告 / 少子高齢化
Research Abstract

1 Analysis of the notifications about the reinterment of unrelated graves
I classified and analysis some items, such as the reasons of a reinterment, the form of a cemetery manager, the time of a reinterment, about the notifications for reinterment of the unrelated graves carried between four years since May 2000 to April 2003 by the Official Daily Gazette. A number of the notifications for reinterment of the unrelated graves exceeds 900 cases in four years and will achieve in 1000 cases in 2003.
2 Investigation of the unrelated graves in Nodayama Cemetery in Kanezawa
The Nodayama Cemetery which departed as the cemetery of Kaga-Han in Edo-age is the old cemetery, having increases of the unrelated graves, and Kanazawa City Office have started the environment ready of the Cemetery.
The reinterments of the unrelated graves were erected since the Genroku period to the Showa's early days, and the number exceeded 40% of the whole.
3 This investigation consigned it the aged society of Tanbara in Ehime.
The investigation area was all areas of Tanbara and number of respondents was 174 people. Ie (family) who does not have an inheritor or does not live together with his parent decreases. The person who regards ancestor religious service as duty of a descendant decreases.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2005 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) Book (1 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 埋葬と法-家族・市民社会・国家2005

    • Author(s)
      森 謙二
    • Journal Title

      法社会学 62号

      Pages: 87-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 墓・家族・市民社会2005

    • Author(s)
      森 謙二
    • Journal Title

      創造(茨城キリスト教大学短期大学部) 34号

      Pages: 23-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Law Sociological Study about the Religious Service and its Succession for Graves in the Fewer Children and Aged Society- Report of grant-in-aid for Scientific Research2005

    • Author(s)
      kenji Mori
    • Journal Title

      Ibaraki

      Pages: 193-193

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Burial and Law - Family・civil society・State2005

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Mori
    • Journal Title

      Sociology of law (Tokyo) No.62

      Pages: 87-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Cemetery・Family・Civil Society2005

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Mori
    • Journal Title

      SOZO (Ibaraki) No.34

      Pages: 23-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 少子高齢社会における墓地及び墳墓承継に関する法社会学的研究2005

    • Author(s)
      森 謙二
    • Total Pages
      197
    • Publisher
      (私家版)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 森 謙二: "少子高齢社会における墓地及び墳墓承継に関する法社会学的研究"自家製(未定). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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