A Comparative Folklore Study of a Process of Formation of Fisherman's Religion

1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 08610319
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 文化人類学(含民族学・民俗学)
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAMATU Keikichi Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities Professor, 法文学部, 教授 (80231398)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TOKUMARU Aki Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities Asociate Prof, 法文学部, 助教授 (90241752)
• Project Period (FY): 1996 – 1998
• Keywords: Fishermen / Religion / Funadama / Woman's spiritral power

Research Abstract

This project focuses on a comparative folklore study about a process of the formations of fishermen's religions On this study, we took notice of the regional differences in Western Japan and Eastern Japan. We engaged fieldwork extended over a long period of time in Japanese fishing communities. Using life history method, the author tries to describe a process of the formations of fishermen's religions related to personality and their way of living.
Keikichi Takamatu described the fishing methods of codfishery, focused on the communications between patron and client, their religions and rites, based on text.
Aki Tokumaru described a lifehistory of a fisherman focused on his way of living and religions of victorfishery in Bounotu.