Study of relations between modern Shinto and society: mainly about " Chikai no Mihashira "

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02256
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: KONNO NOBUYUKI 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 准教授 (00374869)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 近代神道 / 筧克彦 / 誓之御柱 / 誓の御柱 / 国家神道

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I got three result mainly by studying it for three years. First I investigated Kakei library possessed in the Gakushuin University library and discovered handwriting notes and drawing of Katsuhiko Kakei. Second I reexamined a "State Shinto" concept of Shigeyoshi Murakami to place Katsuhiko Kakei in history of modern Shinto properly. Third I analyzed it about the representation of the idea of the Shinto in modern times by elucidating it about the reality of the "Chikai no Mihashira" construction and representation about Masashige Kusunoki.

Free Research Field

近代日本思想史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

筧克彦という神道思想家の思想・営為を近代の思想史のなかにきちんと位置付けるために、実証面・理論面ともに必要な作業を行ったところに、本研究の学術的意義がある。筧文庫に筧の本音をうかがうことのできる史料を発掘したことで、より筧の思想の実態に近づくことができる。また「国家神道」概念を捉えなおすことで、当該概念のバイアスから離れて、筧の思想・営為を「下から」の視点から検討することができるようになった。