Heian Jingu and Jidai Matsuri: Changing Meanings and Perceptions from Their Creation to the Present

• Project/Area Number: 24K03398
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01030:Religious studies-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: VANGOETHEM ELLEN 九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 准教授 (20513196)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: reconstruction / commemoration / Shinto / architecture / institutional history

Outline of Research at the Start

This research project is a social and institutional history of Heian Jingu and its related festival, Jidai Matsuri, from their creation in 1895 until the present. The project will be implemented mainly through archival research and addresses both material aspects and doctrinal/interpretative issues. At the metalevel of perception and signification, it will become clear that both the shrine and the festival are the product of continuous processes of (re)construction and (re)invention.