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Study of Kakurenenbutsu Belief at the Foot of MT. Kirishima

Research Project

Project/Area Number 63510024
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Religious studies
Research InstitutionSeinan Jo Gakuin University Junior College

Principal Investigator

NAKABEPPU Harukazu  Seinan Jogakuin Junior College Associate Professor, 助教授 (00155805)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSUJI Shouji  Miyazaki University Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (10123936)
Project Period (FY) 1988 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsKakurenenbutsu / Teramoto / Ritual Kinship / Shaman / Oza / Possession / 「かくれ念仏」信仰 / 講 / 仏飯 / 焼香 / 経文 / カヤカべ / 真宗異安心 / ノノサン / 霧島信仰
Research Abstract

Members of KAKURENENBUTSU community in ARAKEDA and HIRABARU call themselves "SHINTO" (believer in KAKURENENBUTSU) opposed to "BUDDO" (believer in the other religions). They try to hide themselves not only from "BUDDO" but also from "non-SHINTO" among "SHINTO". KAKURENENBUTSU has been observed in 3 sects in ARAKEDA and 10 sects in HIRABAUR, which keep secrets and different practice from one another. KAKURENENBUTSU holds triple strata of opposition.
Every member each "SHINTO" family cannot be "SHINTO", but only the older married couple representing each "SHINTO" family can be a faith cell in terms of which KAKURENENBUTSU has been propagated. When a married couple (in the age group between 40 and 50) applies to KAKURENANBUTSU, they are forced to form a ritual kinship of parent and child ("OYAKONARI") with a senior married couple of "SHINTO". Whether or not he can be a "SHINTO" is to be judged by the surface state of "BUSSHO" (boiled rice for a offering to God).
"TERAMATO" or "OYA" is a religious leader of KAKURENENBUTSU, who take the responsibility of performing the funeral ceremony for all the "SHINTOs".
"OZA" (religious assembly of every "SHINTO"), which is believed to be a striking index for extinguishing "SHINTO" from "BUDDO", is classified into four : (1) "OZA" for curing illnesses or petitions ; (2) "OZA" for annual functions ; (3) "OZA" for baptism ; (4) "OZA" for religious service for the deceased within 7 days after his death. At the fourth "OZA", a shaman enter into a possession with the aid of the soul of the dead , so that he is in a position to conduct spiritual communion between the dead person and the living. Deep social belief in possession has existed in the base and core of KAKURENENBUTSU.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • 1988 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All Other

All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の経文について" 西南女学院短期大学紀要. 第38号. (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "人生儀礼と「オヤ・コ」関係をめぐる比較考察" 国際化の流れの中での教育(西南女学院短期大学公開講座論集). 4. 51-90 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究 資料編(I)" 橘印刷, 22 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究 資料編(II)" 橘印刷, 36 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究" 橘印刷, 152 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HARUKAZU NAKABEPPU: "Study of The Sutra of Kakurenenbutsu an The Foot of MT. Kirishima" Seinan Jogakuin Junior College Bulletin. VOL. 38. (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HARUKAZU NAKABEPPU: "Les Rites de Passage and Ritual Kinship" Seinan Jogakuin Junior College Open Lecture Treatises. VOL. 4. 51-90 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HARAKAZU NAKABEPPU: "Study of Kakurenenbutsu Belief at the Foot of MT. Kirishima" Tachibana Press. 1-152 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HARUKAZU NAKABEPPU: "Study of Kakurenenbutsu Belief at the Foot of MT. Kirishima" Tachibana Press. 1-36 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HARAKAZU NAKABEPPU: "Study of Kakurenanbutsu Belief at the Foot of MT. Kirishima" Tachibana Press. 1-22 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の経文について" 西南女学院短期大学紀要. 第38号. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "人生儀礼と「オヤ・コ」関係をめぐる比較考察" 国際化の流れの中での教育 (西南女学院短期大学公開講座論集). 4. 51-90 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府 温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究" 橘印刷, 150 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究 資料編(III)" 西南女学院短期大学紀要. (1990)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究 資料編(II)" 橘印刷, 1-54 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府温和: 西南女学院短期大学紀要. (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中別府温和: "霧島周辺村落における「かくれ念仏」信仰の研究ー資料(II)" 橘印刷, 1-38 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report

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