Historical Change of Japanese Environmental Cognition: Representation of the 'Place' in Myth, Legend and Folktales

2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 15520507
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Kyoto Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: SASAKI Takahiro Kyoto Gakuen University, Faculty of Human and Cultural Studies, Professor, 人間文化学部, 教授 (20205850)
• Project Period (FY): 2003 – 2006
• Keywords: a snake as bridegroom / myth / legend / folktale / landscape / place

Research Abstract

1. Investigation of folktale and legend 'a snake as bridegroom' (hebi muko-iri/o-damaki gata) in following regional libraries and the fields : Aomori, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Toyama, Yamanashi, Gunma, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Saga, Nagasaki Prefecture.
2. Making of database in eleven factors on folktale and thirteen factors on legend. Especially on legend, I made database about photos, VTR, and maps of the place and interviews.
3. Quantitative research on these databases to understand spatial relationships between motif, landscapes and the local kingdoms.
4. To know which kingdom had used the myth, this research project mapped the represented place of the legend.
5. To research on historical change of Japanese environmental cognition, this study focused on representation of the 'place' in myth, legend and folktales. Notably, this work concluded that Medieval Japan was turning point of Japanese environmental cognition.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 「癒しの景観」を地域に求めて (2006)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: 京都学園大学総合研究所所報 7 Pages: 50-59
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] 神話の語りと景観 (2006)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: 人間文化研究 17 Pages: 1-54
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] 異界としての川 (2006)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: Preservation and Development of Asian River Culture Pages: 107-120
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Therapeutic Landscape' of the Region (2006)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: The Bulletin of Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies 7 Pages: 50-59
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Narratives and Landscapes of the Myth (2006)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Human Cultural Studies 17 Pages: 1-54
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] River Symbolized as the Other Worlds (2006)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Preservation and Development of Asian River Culture Pages: 107-120
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] 子どもの生きている文化と場所 (2005)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: 子どもの文化 2005・2 Pages: 19-25
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] 伝承された洪水とその後の景観 (2005)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: 京都歴史災害研究 3 Pages: 21-31
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Culture and Place of Children (2005)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Kodomo-no-bunnka 2005-2 Pages: 19-25
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Narrated Flood and Landscapes of the Day After (2005)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Historical Disaster Studies in Kyoto 3 Pages: 21-31
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] 精霊たちのいる場所 (2004)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Journal Title: 語りの世界 38 Pages: 16-21
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Spirit and Place (2004)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Journal Title: The World of Storytelling 38 Pages: 16-21
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 日本人の異界観 (2006)
  • Author(s): 小松和彦
  • Total Pages: 493
  • Publisher: せりか書房
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Book] Japanese Views of the Other World (2006)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiko Komatsu
  • Total Pages: 493
  • Publisher: Serika Shobou
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 民話の地理学 (2003)
  • Author(s): 佐々木高弘
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: 古今書院
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Book] The Grounding of Imagination (2003)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Sasaki
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: Kokon Shoin
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より