A Study on Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) as cultural heritage and influence on Kakure Kirishitan of the world heritage registration campaign in Nagasaki

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26884034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: SAITSU Yumiko 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 准教授 (40412613)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 民俗学 / 文化遺産 / カクレキリシタン / 世界遺産 / 宗教

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was performed to analyze that Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) of Nagasaki Prefecture had been treated as cultural heritage. To begin with, it clarified the changes and the present conditions of Kakure Kirishitan of Sotome area in Nagasaki City. According to the fieldwork in Sotome area, Kakure Kirishitan greatly had changed in late years. Then, I investigated that Kakure Kirishitan had been treated as cultural heritage while focusing on an exhibition of Oratio (words of prayer) . Lastly, this study examined the world heritage registration campaign of "Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki " and the influence that the campaign gave to Kakure Kirishitan.

Free Research Field

人文学