Synthetic Study on idea of Tendo by fieldwork about Tendo-Nenbutu and Tendo-Jinja

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520097
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: The Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute
• Principal Investigator: KATO Michiko 公益財団法人中村元東方研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (10306524)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 天道 / 天道神社 / 天道念仏 / 修験道 / 神仏習合

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research caught Tendo-nenbutu, Tendo-jinjya and belief to Tendo by a consistent viewpoint. Additionally, this research considered the idea of Tendo in the sense of the history of philosophical thought. I found out that the distribution of Tendo-nenbutu and Tendo-jinjya had not relations with each other, but concerning close to Shugendo (Mountaineering asceticism) as a result of fieldwork investigation. It became clear that Tendo-nenbutu is complicated belief in Shugendo , Taoism , Onmyōdō, Shitoism, Buddhism. not just sun belief. I discovered that the belief of Tendo was introduced from a continent.

Free Research Field

日本思想史