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Empirical Study Concerning Complex Structure of Rligion in Japan and Relgious Behavior of Urban People

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60301024
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionOsaka university

Principal Investigator

SHIOBARA Tsutomu  Osaka University, faculty of human sciences (professor), 人間科学部, 教授 (40107016)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSUSHIMA Michito  Kwansei-Gakuin University, faculty of sociology (associate professor), 社会学部, 助教授 (60150603)
MURATA Michiya  Osaka Christian College (lecturer), 講師 (30174303)
IIDA Takahumi  Toyama University, faculty of economy (associate professor), 経済学部, 助教授 (10127045)
NUMATA Kenya  Momoyama University, faculty of sociology (associate professor), 社会学部, 助教授 (20105571)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1986
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Keywordsshamanism / shaman / fortune-telling / folk religion / Shugen-dou / religious consciousness / 宗教意識 / 宗教儀礼
Research Abstract

This study is based on a previous survey. The following five areas were investigated: 1. the shamans of Ikoma; 2. the networks between shamans and clients; 3. fortune-tellers; 4. the charisma of the priests of Ikoma temples; 5. the rituals of the Korean temples (Chosen-dera) in the Osaka area. The results are as follows.
We interviewed the followers of Ishikiri Shrine about their religious attitudes. Factor analysis, path analysis, and quantificalion method of the third type revealed two distinct sets of attitudes.
A mail survey revealed that the number of female and upper-middle-aged converts increased after 1971; that a significant reason for conversion is encouragement of family members, especially female; and that spiritual power plays an important role in formation and maintenance of cultic groups.
Fortune-tellers were found to be middle-aged and over, with knowledge of fortune-telling acquired through study. Most of their clients were women of middle age and over who regularly sought their advice.
Case studies of two temples revealed that the charismatic power of their respective head priests was responsible for their remarkable development. They are not only other-worldly prophets but also this-worldly advisors, and they have the avid support of their followers.
This was the first study to observe in detail the shamanistic rituals of the Korean temples in Japan. The cosmology involved in the rituals and the networks between shamans and followers were analysed. This contributed to the study of the Korean community in Japan.

Report

(1 results)
  • 1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 飯田剛史: 富山大学日本海経済研究所「研究年報」. 12. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 三木英: 大阪大学人間科学部「年報人間科学」. 8. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 川端亮: 大阪大学人間科学部「年報人間科学」. 8. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takahumi, Iida: "Survey of Korean Shamanistic Temples in Ikoma (Chosen-Dera)" Annual Review of Nihonkai Institute of Economics, University of Toyama. 1i. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hizuru,Miki: "Privatization and Family in Contemporary Rligion; the case of Shugen-dou followers" Annual Review of Human Sciences. 8. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akira,Kawabata: "Primal Belief in Japanese Religion; the use of confirmatory factor analysis" Annual Review of Human Sciceces. 8. (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary

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