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Foundational Research on the Funeral Ritual and Grave System and Related Public Support amidst an Individualizing Society

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K12964
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Japanese History

Principal Investigator

YAMADA Shinya  国立歴史民俗博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 准教授 (90311133)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小谷 みどり  身延山大学, 仏教学部, その他 (50633294)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords無縁 / 行旅死亡 / 追悼 / 納骨堂 / 孤立死 / 生活保護 / 葬儀 / 墓 / 助葬 / 行政 / 市民葬 / 死 / 行旅死亡人 / 孤独死 / 火葬 / 官報
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to understand how funeral rites are carried out when individuals without close relatives die, making clear the situation surrounding death in Japan’s increasingly individualized society. In our survey, we found that there are many regional municipalities having trouble handling the increase in such deceased individuals since entering the 2010s. Municipalities handle such individuals in diverse ways. While generally they cremate and inter them, some also, for example, carry out funerary rites as well as subsequent memorial services. we also found municipalities that have constructed, in cooperation with private organizations, mechanisms by which individuals can realize their wishes regarding life-extending measures, funerals, interment, and so on. In this way, mechanisms are gradually emerging that societally provide death-related support in accordance with individuals’ wishes.

Report

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

    (17 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 助葬という発想2018

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Journal Title

      歴博

      Volume: 206 Pages: 7-10

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 死後の共同性の探索2018

    • Author(s)
      小谷みどり
    • Journal Title

      歴博

      Volume: 206

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 葬送儀礼における供花と菊の利用2017

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Journal Title

      葬送文化

      Volume: 18 Pages: 13-25

    • NAID

      40021353779

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 無縁化する墓と墓じまいへの対応2016

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Journal Title

      冠婚葬祭総合研究所論文集

      Volume: 2 Pages: 7-10

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 墓の現代的課題2016

    • Author(s)
      小谷みどり
    • Journal Title

      ライフデザインレポート

      Volume: Spring Pages: 1-10

    • NAID

      40020786717

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 『明誉真月大姉葬儀写真帖』からみた近代の葬列の肥大化2015

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Journal Title

      国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告

      Volume: 199 Pages: 115-142

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Company Funeral Culture and Funeral Companies: A Case Study of Taisei Saiten2015

    • Author(s)
      Shinya Yamada
    • Journal Title

      Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization Springer

      Volume: 0 Pages: 131-143

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] あの世への旅立ち2015

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Journal Title

      はじめて学ぶ民俗学

      Volume: 0 Pages: 282-290

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 死生観の統計学的考察2015

    • Author(s)
      小谷みどり
    • Journal Title

      臨床死生学

      Volume: 20-1 Pages: 15-17

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 死は個人のものか?変わりゆく葬儀とその課題2017

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Organizer
      葬送のあり方を考えるシンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      八王子いちょうホール
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 困窮者の葬儀と「助葬」2017

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Organizer
      日本宗教学会第76回学術大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 変容する葬送儀礼と家族構造2016

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Organizer
      アジア宗教研究フォーラム国際シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      韓国韓国学研究所
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Transformation of Funeral Ritual and Individualization in Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Organizer
      第二回韓国伝統的葬送儀礼の普及とグローバル化に関する国際会議
    • Place of Presentation
      韓国大邱カトリック大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 葬儀における行政の関与-長野県松本市の例を中心に2015

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也
    • Organizer
      日本民俗学会第67回年会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] "ひとり死"時代のお葬式とお墓2017

    • Author(s)
      小谷 みどり
    • Total Pages
      214
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • ISBN
      9784004316725
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] ライデン民族学博物館・国立歴史民俗博物館所蔵死絵2016

    • Author(s)
      山田慎也編
    • Total Pages
      159
    • Publisher
      国立歴史民俗博物館
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] だれが墓を守るのか-多死・人口減少社会のなかで2015

    • Author(s)
      小谷みどり
    • Total Pages
      72
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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

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