2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Propagation, Integration and Metamorphosis of The maritime prayer :A Case Study of The Japanese Mazu faiht in the 16th and 19th Century
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24520731
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Historical studies in general
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| Research Institution | Tenri University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 航海信仰 / 媽祖 / 天妃 / 船玉神 / 日本 / 東アジア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I studied the spread, fusion, of The Japanese Mazu faith in the 16th and 19th Century. My study’s main materials are historical documents, remains, tradition. In addition, I compared the Japanese examples with the examples of other Asian areas.
In this research project, I clarified the following historic facts. Mazu became to the guardian deity of overseas Chinese's families in Japan. And she also became the guardian deity (“Funadamashin”) of Japanese sailors. Further, in certain areas, she metamorphosed God who control water, or metamorphosed to the guardian deity of women's associates (“Nijusanya-ko”).
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| Free Research Field |
島嶼・海域史
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