A Religious Study on the Shinto Shrines Being Created from Oral History in the Amami Archipelago

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16627
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Kagoshima National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MACHI TAIKI 鹿児島工業高等専門学校, 一般教育科, 講師 (30725693)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 奄美 / 神社 / 伝承 / 民俗信仰 / ユタ / ノロ祭祀 / 伝承創建神社 / 継承

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, focusing on the creation and succession of the shinto shrines based on the oral history in the northern part of the Amami archipelago (Kasari, Tatsugo and Nase), I investigated the role of local religious culture in acceptance of the shinto shrines. Specifically, through the shinto shrine inspections, questionnaires and collection of historical archives, I clarified that the local folk cultures such as shamanism of Yuta, Noro ritual and ancestral worship play important role in the local acceptance of the shinto shrines.

Free Research Field

宗教人類学