Reconsidering the image of Okinawan village community

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K02021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Okinawa University
• Principal Investigator: MIYAGI Yoshihiko 沖縄大学, 人文学部, 教授 (40229810)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 沖縄の共同体 / 共同売店 / 近代沖縄村落 / 近世琉球村落

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to verify the research motive and hypothesis that, although the foundation of the Okinawan community has its roots in the early modern Ryukyu Kingdom era, it may have had more to do with the changes in response to the times in the modern era. did.
What this research has revealed is that in early modern Ryukyu villages, it has become clear to some extent that the community was a ``community'' that was quite different from modern communities due to the extremely low productivity that formed the basis of the community.
In other words, it was quite different from the cooperative labor and mutual aid exemplified by the so-called ``Yuimaru'' of modern times, and in fact, it was not at a level that could be called cooperative.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって沖縄の共同体の本質や変遷がある程度明らかになった。学術的には従来の沖縄村落像および共同体像の見直しを提起することができたことに意義がある。
社会的には、「ゆいまーる」に代表される沖縄イメージを見直すこと、それによって沖縄社会の理解の手助けになることに意義がある。