The Anthropological Study of Folk Knowledge on Disaster Prevention in Okinawa Prefecture

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520829
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research Institution	Meiji University
Principal Investigator	YAMAUCHI Kenji 明治大学, 政治経済学部, 教授 (60254728)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	NAKAZA Eizo 琉球大学, 工学部, 教授 (90180265)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords	文化人類学 / 防災 / 民俗知識 / 台風 / 雨 / 干ばつ / 民族知識 / 口頭伝承
Research Abstract	This research is part of the studies intended to be a database of folk knowledge on weather phenomena, such as typhoons, rain storms, drought or so, which folk people have been observed or predicted, under Okinawa Prefecture. A database that lists the folk knowledge and omen concerned with the weather recorded in the books categorized to history or monograph of cities, towns, villages, or districts in Okinawa Prefecture. In addition, the survey was conducted intensive to make sure that the folk knowledge and omen concerned with the weather actually work, and has been talked in the village society.