2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Christianity as intelligence to open leprosy sanatoriums
| Project/Area Number |
24820017
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHII HITONARI 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 准教授 (20635776)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ハンセン病 / 療養所 / キリスト教 / 信仰 / 自治 / 隔離 / 生 / 歴史 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study explored what the acceptance of Christianity by people receiving treatment for leprosy (residents of leprosy sanatoriums) in modern Japan had meant for the lives of those people placed under the Government's quarantine policy, in line with the case of Reiko-Kai in the National Sanatorium Oshima-Seisho-En. The study demonstrated that the acceptance of Christianity by the residents had (1) created linkages between them and the sanatorium staff beyond their difference in standing and, at the same time, (2) played the role of opening the sanatorium to the outside. Additionally, the findings that (3) members of Reiko-Kai had also built networks through activities beyond their belief, such as taking the initiative in self-government of the sanatorium, and that (4) the reach of their own opening power had been limited confirmed the necessity of further discussions with a focus on residents' relations with societies inside and outside the sanatorium.
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