The impact of modernity over the traditional festival in the transition period from Edo to Meiji era

• Project/Area Number: 24530606
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA Ryuji 龍谷大学, 社会学部, 教授 (10291361)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Shigeru 龍谷大学, 社会学部, 教授 (60155132)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 近代化 / 曳山祭 / オーソプラクシー化 / 社会変動 / 祭礼 / 近世－近代移行期 / 曳山祭礼 / 祇園祭礼 / オーソプラクシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the impact of modernity over the viability of the traditional festival in the transition period from Edo to Meiji era. Among the 17 festivals we researched, in the 3 festivals we could follow the route relatively in detail. After the comparative investigation, we conclude that the viability of a traditional festival under the influence of modernity would depend on the preservation or the innovation of its inherent symbolic structure.