Comprehensive research on cultural landscapes derived from ancient tombs

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00958
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Gunma Prefectural Women's University
• Principal Investigator: YANASE DAISUKE 群馬県立女子大学, 群馬学センター, 教授 (90822924)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 古墳の二次的利用 / 古墳の二次的あり方 / 文化的景観

Outline of Final Research Achievements

By extracting historical and folkloric information from ruins that have been recognized as kofun (mounds) within the local community and categorizing them as secondary uses and ways of kofun, we will be able to understand how kofun can be used as a way of life and living that continues into the present day. We were able to confirm that it is possible to position them in the history of livelihoods and to construct the concept of a cultural landscape derived from kofun.
The secondary uses and ways of kofun are: <Type A: Use and way of being as a transportation function, regional base, and living base>, <Type B: Use and use as a means of production/resource>, and <C. There are four types: type: use and way of being as a public space>, <Type D: use and way of being as a symbolic, sacred, otherworldly, and liminal place>.

Free Research Field

日本中世史　地域学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

古墳はこれまで、主に古墳時代の政治・文化の究明のために、考古学的方法によって遺跡として資料化され、価値付けされてきた。しかし実際には、古墳は古墳時代に限らず、長く現代まで、地域の中にあって地域の人びとの生活や生業と関連漬けながら活かされ、残されてきた景観構成要素としての側面がある。本研究はそのことに注目することで、古墳の歴史民俗資料としての価値を明らかにし、類型的に示すことができた。これによって、古墳の文化的景観（生活・生業によって形勢された景観）の構成要素として捉えることが可能となり、古墳の学術的可能性と価値を広げることができた。