Comprehensive research on the creation of "ba" in Japanese traditional performing arts

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K01653
• 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: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Sakata Mamiko 同志社大学, 文化情報学部, 教授 (10352551)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 伝統芸能 / 間 / 場 / 日本舞踊

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify how the "ba" in Japanese traditional dance (Nihon Buyo) is created and how it changes depending on the context and the situation, theoretically, scientifically and synthetically. By conducting demonstration experiments targeting dancers engaged in Nihon Buyo and entertainers engaged in expression activities other than Nihon Buyo, I was able to find out how the "Ma" between the performers and the "Ba" with the audience.This study also clarified quantitatively how it changes in relation to the audience.

Free Research Field

人文社会情報学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は，日本舞踊における「場」の生成過程について定量的にアプローチすることを出発点として，最終的には日本独自の「間」や「場」の概念を浮き彫りにしようとするところに特色がある．古来より脈々と受け継がれてきた暗黙知として共有されてきた「間」や「場」の生成過程を解明することは，日本の伝統芸能にとどまらず，広く日本独自の精神性や文化研究にその成果が還元できると期待される．