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Comparative History of the Civilizations Concerning Funerals and Commemoration of the Dead: Relatives, Neighbouring Societies and States

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16202012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Historical studies in general
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

EGAWA Atsushi  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (80127191)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAIRA Masayuki  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (10171399)
MURATA Michihito  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (40144414)
KATAYAMA Tsuyoshi  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (30145099)
ARAKAWA Masaharu  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (10283699)
HAYASE Shinzo  Osaka Municipal University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor (20183915)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥27,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,240,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥9,750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,250,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥14,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,390,000)
KeywordsFuneral / Commemoration of the dead / Ordinary dead / Special dead / Syncretism / Concept of the world beyond / Pollution of death / Concept of spirit / 生死観 / 冥界観 / 死の習俗 / 弔意 / 殉教 / 死者祭祀 / タナトロジー / 葬送儀礼 / 墓制 / 死の穢れ / 死者追悼・記念 / 先祖崇拝 / 神格化 / 社会統合
Research Abstract

It is a common obligation for human societies to mourn for the dead men and to commemorate them. This is a problem that all civilizations cannot avoid. Funerals are main procedures, which reorganize social relations of living people through rituals of separation from dead men. And commemorative ceremonies of dead men are occasions for living people to reconfirm their own identities and to reunify their own groups. This project, focusing on how dead men were treated in their funerals or commemorative ceremonies aimed to find important clues to our comparative understanding of states and societies from pre-modern era to contemporary one.
The funerals and commemoration of the dead can be divided into two types of social phenomena: (1)`the ordinary dead', whose funeral and commemoration are fundamentally the problems of relatives or a neighbouring community; (2) special dead' whose funeral or commemoration concerns a larger community or state (sovereigns, dictators, martyrs in different religions, people killed in national wars as soldiers or civilians, etc.)
Starting from this suppositions, we have studied: (1) funerals and commemoration in various religions with their features of syncretism; (2) the complex relations between the rituals for`the special dead'and that of`the ordinary dead'; (3) the conscience represented in the funerals and the commemoration of contemporary societies where the influence of grand religions is weakened; (4)`political meanings of commemorations of killed in war.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2007 2006

All Journal Article (9 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Tombeaux et monuments de memoire des souvrains enFrance et au Japon2006

    • Author(s)
      EGAWA, Atsushi
    • Journal Title

      大阪大学大学院文学研究科紀要 第46巻

      Pages: 1-22

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 西欧中近世における権力者の彫像--フランスを中心に2006

    • Author(s)
      江川 温
    • Journal Title

      歴史と地理 世界史の研究 第207号

      Pages: 1-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 君主記念の施設-日仏比較史の試み-2006

    • Author(s)
      江川 温
    • Journal Title

      笠谷和比古編『公家と武家III-王権と儀礼の比較文明史的考察-』

      Pages: 426-442

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Tombeaux et monuments de memoire des souverains en France et au Japon2006

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Egawa
    • Journal Title

      Memoirs of the Graduate School of Letters Osaka University 46

      Pages: 1-22

    • NAID

      110007100298

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Statues of Potentates in Medieval and Early Modern Europe2006

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Egawa
    • Journal Title

      History and Geography: Studies of World History Vol. 207

      Pages: 1-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Constructions for Commemoration of Sovereigns: An Essay for the Comparative History of France and Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Egawa
    • Journal Title

      Courtiers and Warriors III' Comparative Studies on Civilizations Concerning Kingship and Ritual.(Kazuhiko Kasaya, ed.)

      Pages: 426-442

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 「西欧中近世における権力者の彫像」2006

    • Author(s)
      江川 温
    • Journal Title

      『歴史と地理:世界史の研究』 594(207)

      Pages: 1-14

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「君主記念の施設-日仏比較史の試み」2006

    • Author(s)
      江川 温
    • Journal Title

      笠谷和比古編「公家と武家III王権と儀礼の比較文明史的考察」

      Pages: 426-442

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「死の比較史的研究」2006

    • Author(s)
      江川 温
    • Journal Title

      『史学雑誌』 115-09

      Pages: 38-40

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 歴史がつくった偉人たち2007

    • Author(s)
      長井伸仁
    • Total Pages
      191
    • Publisher
      山川出版社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Great Men Created by History2007

    • Author(s)
      Shinji Nagai
    • Total Pages
      191
    • Publisher
      Yamakawa Syuppansya
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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