Study on establishment of the Shinto shrine judging from a building and a festival

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26630283
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: KURODA Ryuji 神戸大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40183800)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 神社の成立 / 建築 / 祭祀 / 上賀茂神社 / 下鴨神社 / 春日大社 / 造替

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I clarified the meaning of the main shrine of Kamo Shinto shrine and Kasuga Taisha Shrine maintained under the national request in the Nara era from a festival and the side of the building. Kamo Shrine of the country of Yamashiro became two Shinto shrines as a national big shrine in the Nara era. Kamigamo Shrine conveyed an old festival and increased buildings in old land. Shimogamo Shrine formed symmetric building group in response to a festival of the Heian era on the extensive land. Kasuga Taisha Shrine was a Shinto shrine formed in the Nara era, but performed a festival before a building was done. An excellent building was done, but leaves the element of the old festival afterwards. The original religious service of Kasuga Taisha Shrine was similar to Kamigamo Shrine. Because the way of the main shrine of Kamigamo Shrine has an aspect like Ise Grand Shrine, it is estimated that I was affected by the religious service of the sovereignty.

Free Research Field

日本建築史