A Comprehensive Study of Music Culture from Music Lessons and Music Practices to Construction of Music Philosophy in Domain Schools in the Edo Period

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K03022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Kyoto City University of Arts
• Principal Investigator: TAKENOUCHI Emiko 京都市立芸術大学, 日本伝統音楽研究センター, 准教授 (30400518)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 藩校 / 儒学 / 礼楽思想 / 音楽教習 / 釈奠 / 雅楽

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the Edo period, there were 230 hanko (domain schools) throughout the country that taught various subjects, but only 6 of them taught music as a subject. There are 6 schools: Mito Domain Kodokan, Kumamoto Domain School Jishukan, Hirosaki Domain School Kodokan, Takamatsu Domain School Kodokan, Ako Domain School Hakubunkan, and Sakura Domain School Tokushoin.
After researching these domain schools, it was able to classify them into three categories. The first is the domain school, which served as a model for other domains. These were the Mito and the Kumamoto . Second, it is a domain school where the influence of the Mto and Kumamoto schools, and the influence of the Sorai school can be seen. They were the Hirosaki and the Takamatsu. The third was the domain schools, which were considered to be unique forms, the Ako and the Sakura. The second and third, it was thought that the policy of the person in charge at the time of opening the school had a great effect.

Free Research Field

音楽学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

江戸時代に急速に普及した儒学は、武士を含め庶民に至るまでの思想的・精神的・生活的基盤となっていたが、その根幹にある礼楽思想の「楽」をどのように捉え、探求し、実践してきたのかは、従来ほとんど研究されておらず、近年になってようやく検討されるようになってきた分野である。特に江戸時代の藩校における楽の教習は、本来儒学教育には必要な科目であったはずであった。その在り方を解明することで、音楽教習の在り方とともに、江戸時代の儒学教育の在り方についても提案ができたと考える。