The study on educational property of Japanese budo -Based on a Review of the Heiho Series in the early modern period-

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01543
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Nagasaki International University
• Principal Investigator: TAI KENTARO 長崎国際大学, 人間社会学部, 講師 (00454075)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 武道論 / 近世武芸 / 近世兵法書 / 武道概念

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study to clarify the process through which Bu-Gei, from the early modern period, became enmeshed in the educational qualities that are fundamentally connected to budo in the present day.
In Heihosho, the idealized images of the fighting warrior and the statesman coexisted in the early modern period. With regard to the characteristics of the fighter and the statesman, their theoretical compatibility was also required in the Bushi class. In this context, warrior training involved teaching these characteristics as the process of remaking warriors who possessed both sets of qualities. This duality was likely embodied in actual lessons focusing on Bu-Gei, or fighting techniques.

Free Research Field

近世武芸論　体育哲学