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The Memories of the Japanese Nisei in the Kona Coffee Belt: Shinto Shrines Left Destroyed and National Identities Eternally Hidden

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K03035
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

ABE DAVID KIYOSHI  金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 准教授 (10735426)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
KeywordsNational Identity / Japanese American / Kona Coffee / Shinto Shrines
Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the three years of this research, I completed three task: (1) interviews, in Kona, Oregon, Seattle, and the Los Angeles area. After I submitted the application for the “Kiban-C” in April 2015, I continued examining the life experiences of the Japanese Nisei in Kona, Hawaii, based on interviews. This research suggested that the relationship between Japanese national identity and Japanese national symbols utilized by the Japanese Shrines, such as Jinja and Inari were far more profound than assumed by the existing literature. (2) These findings were utilized in my monograph, the book is titled, Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence: The Japanese American Kona Coffee Community. (3) In addition Abe, D., & Imamura, M. (2018) Forthcoming. The Destruction of a Religion: Japanese Shintoism after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Has been submitted. Since the commencement of this project, the research has advance to the next level. On the whole, the project was extremely successful.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2017 2015

All Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] “The Japanese Nisei of the Kona Coffee Farmers: Shinto Shrines Left Destroyed and Hidden National Identities”2015

    • Author(s)
      Abe, David Kiyoshi
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Culture, Arts, and Literature
    • Place of Presentation
      ハイネスホテル久留米(福岡県久留米市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Rural Isolation and Dual Cultural Existence: The Japanese-American Kona Coffee Community2017

    • Author(s)
      David K. Abe
    • Total Pages
      295
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • ISBN
      9783319553023
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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