A Study of Handicraft made as the side jobs in the Agurictual off seasons

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01236
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
• Research Institution: Lake Biwa Museum
• Principal Investigator: Tsujikawa Tomoyo 滋賀県立琵琶湖博物館, 研究部, 特別研究員 (70443463)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 渡部 圭一 京都先端科学大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (80454081)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 農閑期副業 / 籠 / 筌

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Unlike full-time craftsmen such as traditional handicrafts, handicrafts that have been produced as a side job during the agricultural off-season cannot be designated as cultural properties or receive subsidies. It is difficult to pass on folk knowledge and production techniques.
In this research, we interviewed producers of handicrafts that have been produced as side jobs, and recorded the surrounding environment to procure materials, techniques for products, usage methods, applications, sales channels, etc. In Shiga Prefecture, we intervewed to manufacturer which have been made fish traps in Konohama, Moriyama City, and Ohara basket made in Yogo, Nagahama City. We revealed we must inherit these technologies, and there is difficult problem to procure materials, because the natural environment has been changing.

Free Research Field

民俗学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

滋賀県では農閑期における副業として筌や籠、箕作りなどの手工業が行われていた。このような副業としての手工業は、専門性の高い職人と異なり、詳しい調査や記録が少ない。現在では伝承者も高齢化が進み、数少なくなってきている。
今回の調査でこれらの製作者に聞き取り調査を行い、材料の採集方法や製作技法の特徴、その民具の使用方法や用途、また販売ルートなどの民俗知識を記録することができた。