2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The acceptance and the change in quality of idea on pollution in the early modern period
Project/Area Number |
19520556
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Japanese history
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Research Institution | Tohoku University |
Principal Investigator |
NAKAGAWA Manabu Tohoku University, 高等教育開発推進センター, 講師 (60250651)
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Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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Keywords | 触穢観念 / 死 / 朝廷 / 神社 / 幕府 / 藩 |
Research Abstract |
This research is the trial to clarify the change that pepple believed in the idea on pollution in early modern period. During the midieval period,Japanese people were worried about the pollution of death. They believed that a dead body was polluted. But,in 19 century, people in Kyoto began to change gradually. Such idea became outdated due to more rational beliefs.A part of result was published as a work of mine "The death and political culture in early modern period".
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Research Products
(8 results)