Folkloristic Studies on the Violence and Resolution in Japanese Festivals

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520996
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Edogawa University
• Principal Investigator: ANAMI Toru 江戸川大学, 社会学部, 教授 (50255204)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): 谷部 真吾 名古屋大学, 文学部, 助教 (80513746) ; 中里 亮平 長野大学, 講師 (00601171)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 祭礼 / 暴力 / 喧嘩祭 / 自粛

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied the ways of resolution of troubles and violence in Japanese festivals. Formerly the violence in festivals were regarded as natural and resolved by the people concerned themselves. But after the world war second, police and government participated to the resolution. The effect of this regard by police and government, many festivals changed to control and restrain the violence. But several festivals changed to 'competition', fight under the determined rules.

Free Research Field

民俗学