2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Site Divination Practices in Premodern East Asia
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15H05376
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | site divination / Japan / Shinto shrines / Heian Jingu / modern architecture |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The goal of this research project was to investigate the wide variety of site divination practices (variously called fengshui, kanyu, p'ungsu, shijin souou, etc.) in premodern China, Korea, and Japan.
The project resulted in (1) a better understanding of the transmission process of ideas and actual practices through a comparison of written sources, and (2) allowed for a differentiation between site divination practices depending on specific site usage. These goals were achieved in the first three years of this research project.
As a result, in the final year, I developed two related sub-projects and started to conduct research in these areas. To do so, I spent the majority of this year in the United States as a Visiting Fellow at the East Asia Center of the University of California, Santa Barbara. One of the sub-projects concerned the assimilation of fengshui-related thought and symbolism Shinto shrines, especially in post-Meiji Restoration Japan. My main focus was on the presence of the four guardian deities (shijin) in the architecture and art of Heian Jingu in Kyoto, and to some extent on their presence in norito recited at Dazaifu Tenmangu.
The other subproject concerned the influence of fengshui thought on contemporary Japanese architecture in Kyoto. In particular, I looked into projects designed by Hara Hiroshi, Arata Isozaki, and Katsu Umebayashi.
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| Research Progress Status |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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