The provincial lord and the religious bodies in Muromachi era; in case of Ouchis' domain

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00078
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01030:Religious studies-related
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Hirase Naoki 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 教授 (10283087)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 大内氏 / 山岳霊場 / 中下層身分 / 山伏 / 加賀一向一揆 / 長床衆 / 法華堂衆

Outline of Final Research Achievements

(1)The Ouchis made an effort to protect the sacred mountain temples in Kyushu by the determinations of the domain disputes and the declaration of the prohibition of the disturbance. And such temples did a favor to the Ouchis by auspicious prayers.(2)I considered the relation of the middle-lower class monks who practice asceticism and Yamabushi group who are the outsider of the temple organization on the same mountain; in the case of Koyasan Nagatokoshu and Todaiji Hokkedoshu.The both directions movements of the middle-lower class monks' participation in the Yamabushi group and Yamabushi’s participation in the middle-lower class increased the elements of Shugendo in the sacred mountain site.(3)I considered the farmers with the various hierarchies including "Samurai in the village" as the main roles of the Kaga Ikkoshu League by the historical sources.

Free Research Field

日本中世宗教史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

当初の研究課題は「守護大内氏による村落支配の末端の役割を果たす山岳霊場」であったが、現地調査が困難になったため(１)～(３)に目標を変更した。
(１)北部九州での大内氏の宗教政策の一端を明らかにすることができた。(２)近畿地方でタイプが異なる高野山長床衆と東大寺法華堂衆の事例に注目したことにより、正統的教学を奉ずる顕密寺院が修験化していく運動を巨視的にとらえることができた。(３)加賀一向宗の担い手に注目することによって、顕密寺院では成しえない広範な農民の連帯を指摘することができた。