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Social Structure of Village Community in Okinawa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 61301022
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 InstitutionKOBE UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

KITAHARA Atsushi  Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University, 文学部, 教授 (30107916)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUJII Masaru  Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagoya University, 教養部, 講師 (20165343)
TAKEUCHI Takao  Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Kinjo Gakuin University, 文学部, 助教授 (40105747)
GODA Toh  Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Kobe University, 教養部, 助教授 (00106593)
IWASAKI Nobuhiko  Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University, 文学部, 助教授 (20086052)
HASEGAWA Yoshikazu  Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University, 文学部, 教授 (50030507)
山路 勝彦  関西学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (30090731)
Project Period (FY) 1986 – 1988
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
KeywordsOkinawa / Village Social Structure / Monchuu / Ya Family / Communal Land Tenure of Premodern Age Unstable Employment / 不安定就業 / Uターン / ヤー(家) / 地割制と次三男分家 / 南部の門中化現象 / チュチョーデーの優越 / 農民層分解の少なさ / 不安定就業の少なさ / 本土復帰の影響 / 共同体 / 親族構造 / 儀礼の形態・過程 / 周辺
Research Abstract

1. The research of social structure of village community in Okinawa has generally been done with special reference to Monchuu kinship organization. Monchuu, which has a limited function of ancestral worship, was initially formed in the End of edo era in the southern part of mainland Okinawa island and after Meiji era in the northern part of it and the remote islands around. The anthropological studies in the 60s contributed to tracing the formation proccess of Monchuu.
2. Monchuu is composed of ya family as its member. Ya has almost the same character as ie on the mainland Japan from the viewpoint of the ceremonial lineage with the hierarchical order. But ya is also the politico-jural member of the communal village organization with the egual status. It makes new ya establish easily and extends the branche of Monchuu quickly. This aspect of village social structure makes Monchuu different from Dozoku kinship organization on the mainland Japan.
3. The present occupational structure in Okinawa has a continuity from that of the occupied years in the unusually big rate of the third sector industry laborers. On village revels there have appeared more non-agiricultural employees than agiriculturalists. Their conditions of labor are generally unstable, but it is not so difficult for them to find jobs there. There have been a certain number of U-turners from the mainland Japan in spite of the unstable employment in Okinawa.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1988 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1987 Annual Research Report
  • 1986 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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