1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of the Life Improvement, the New Life Movement and the Folk-Cultural Changes

Research Project

Project/Area Number	06610290
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
Research Institution	Seijo University
Principal Investigator	TANAKA Sen'ichi Seijo University, Professor, 文芸学部, 教授 (00101618)
Project Period (FY)	1993 – 1995
Keywords	Life Improvement / Enterprises for Spreading life Improvement / New Life Movement / Activities of Public Health Centers / Activities of Public Halls / Folk-Cultural Changes
Research Abstract	All the policies and enterprises related to the improvement of life since the end of the Second World War were promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and other Ministries, and also by various governmental organizations. They tried to promote the health of Japanese people in cities, towns and villages, and to improve their life both materially and spiritually. The aims of this study are two : one is to divide the policies and enterprises into four groups on the basis of the matrixes that promoted them, and to clarify the contents of each of the policies and enterprises : the other is to demonstrate their influences upon the folk-cultural life of Japanese people by probing into definite examples of improvement in many areas of Japan. I am glad to say that, on the whole, these aims have been achieved through the analysis of relevant material and actual researches of various areas in Japan.