2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Joraku-e ceremony of the Nara temple Kofuku-ji in Japanese classical literature
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22520199
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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 |
Japanese literature
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| Research Institution | Nishogakusha University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISO Mizue 二松学舎大学, 文学部, 教授 (60130407)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 興福寺 / 常楽会 / 四天王寺聖霊会 / 熱田神宮 / 法華会 / 舞楽法要 / 古今著聞集 / 宇治拾遺物語 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Joraku-e ceremony of the Nara temple Kofuku-ji is cited along with the Hosho-e of Iwashimizu Shrine as a representative Buddhist ceremony of ancient to medieval Japan in the prologue to the chapter on music and dance in the 13th-century collection of historical tales Kokon chomon-j?. In order to clarify its original form, a survey was made of documents associated with Kofuku-ji in the Dai Nihon Bukkyo Zensho (The Collected Works of Japanese Buddhism) and Kofuku-ji Tenseki Monjo Mokuroku (Catalogue of Books and Documents of Kofuku-ji). Also surveyed were ceremonies of ancient provenance with major musical elements, such as the Nehan-e (held on the same date as the Joraku-e, namely the fifteenth day of the second month of the old calendar), the Shoryo-e of the ?saka temple Shitenno-ji, the Joraku-e of the Mt. Koya temple Kongobu-ji, and stage performances at the National Theatre (Tokyo) of the ancient masked dance pantomine gigaku. It proved difficult, however, to clarify the form taken by the ceremony earlier than the twelfth century or so.
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