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A study on the historical consciousness of Chinese through the analysis of the genealogies' compilation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01163
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Segawa Masahisa  東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 教授 (00187832)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Keywords宗族 / 族譜 / 前近代中国 / 歴史人類学 / 祖先祭祀 / 父系出自 / 超世代的連続性 / 価値観 / 中国南部 / 前近代 / 拡大家族 / 経年変化 / 系譜意識 / 歴史意識 / 中国人 / 社会の連続性
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I traced family life in pre-modern China and understood underlying kinship values through a thorough analysis of a genealogical book detailing the genealogical relations of a lineage in the New Territories of Hong Kong. This is a product of my historical-anthropological study in which I have tried to trace past social conditions based on the analysis of written materials. In it, I reconstructed the past status of family relations and investigated into the underlying kinship values and norms in pre-modern Chinese society using the data on family composition, adoption, entrusting of ancestor worship, widowhood, remarriage, and concubinage extracted from a genealogical record of a lineage.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来、族譜は死者の名前や系譜上法のみを羅列した無味乾燥な文書であり、そこから過去の家族の実体を明らかにすることは不可能だと思われてきた。本研究は、族譜という文書資料のみを用いつつ、文化人類学的な親族関係の分析手法を駆使することにより、前近代中国の家族のあり方や超世代的に継承されるべきと考えられていた価値に関する意識を明らかにし得たことは、歴史人類学の研究上、類例を見ない成果である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 族譜を通じてみた家族像―香港新界沙田W氏一族における「家(チア)」単位の経年変化2020

    • Author(s)
      瀬川昌久
    • Journal Title

      東北アジア研究

      Volume: 24 Pages: 1-50

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 連続性への希求―香港新界沙田W氏族譜の内容分析を通してみる系譜意識2019

    • Author(s)
      瀬川昌久
    • Journal Title

      東北アジア研究

      Volume: 23 Pages: 1-40

    • NAID

      40021944793

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Book] 連続性への希求―族譜を通じてみた「家族」の歴史人類学2021

    • Author(s)
      瀬川昌久
    • Total Pages
      574
    • Publisher
      風響社
    • ISBN
      9784894892309
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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