2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Co-existence and Exclusion in the Conceptualization of "Kami" and "Buddha" : Concepts of Transcendental Beings in the History of Japanese Ethical Thought
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20520019
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Yamaguchi University |
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Principal Investigator |
KASHIWAGI Yasuko Yamaguchi University, 人文学部, 准教授 (00263624)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOYOSAWA Hajime 山口大学, 人文学部, 教授 (10155591)
UEHARA Masafumi 東亜大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (30330723)
YOSHIDA Masaki 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 准教授 (20381733)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 神 / 仏 / 天 / 運命 / 霊魂 / 武士 / 近世庶民 / 八幡信仰 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to consider connections between the conceptions of "kami" (Japanese gods) and "Buddha", we have examined the following issues : The exclusion of Buddhism in the mythology of Kojiki (Uehara) ; Acceptance of the co-existence of "kami" and "Buddha", as revealed by the concept of the spirit that we find in Nihon ryoiki (Yoshida) ; The contrast between depictions of Shakyamuni-Buddha and Buddhist deities in Konjaku monogatari-shu (Kashiwagi) .
Concerning late-Sengoku～mid-Edo period warrior-class conception of "ten" (perceived as Heaven's will or fate) that allowed for the co-existence of "kami" and "Buddha", Toyosawa has investigated the possibility that two perceptions of "ten" became merged. Yoshida has demonstrated that it was the pervasive intermingling of "kami" and "Buddha" in popular thought that gave rise to Revivalist Shinto (as a project of the National Learning, or kokugaku, movement) in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods.
To date, the results of this research have been published in the form of two books and five articles. In addition, we are currently compiling a chronology of oracular messages received during worship of Hachiman-shin or Great Bodhisattva Hachiman, one that we believe will become a fundamental resource in the study of the Hachiman worship.
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