2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on deification of the samurai through the relation between God of folk customs or racial God
| Project/Area Number |
13610390
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKANO Nobuharu KYUUSHU U., Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Associate Professor, 大学院・比較社会文化研究院, 助教授 (90179466)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Keywords | Deification / Area / Folk customs / Identity |
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| Research Abstract |
I have abundantly collected examples of the deified samurai in history of Japan. And I wish to consider the background in which a samurai becomes deified. I focus especially on the fact that there are considerable amount of examples of this phenomenon happening locally. In other words, Japanese people tend to memorize the local history through this deification of samurais. This tendency continues even in during the modernization from the Edo period. For example, at the start of a modern city, the feudal lord of the area in the Edo period was deified as the symbol. From this, what images can we say that Japanese people have had of the samurai? The examples I wish to use in Research report will be a useful tool in which to analyze the images of samurais that Japanese people hold.
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