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1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Archaeological Studies of Mortuary Customs of Ancient Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62450052
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 考古学(含先史学)
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

TSUDE Hiroshi  Professor, Faculty of Letters, Osaka University, 文学部, 教授 (90025065)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUNAGA Shinya  Research Assistant, the same as above., 文学部, 助手 (50189958)
OISHI Msaaki  Research Assistant, the same as above., 文学部, 助手 (50152046)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1989
Keywordsmortuary custom / burial postures / burial orientation / mousleum / Buddism / Jomon / Yayoi / Kofun
Research Abstract

We have conducted the studies of mortuary customs in ancient Japan, adopting two methods; one is archaeological and the other is historical.
Archaeological researches have dealt with mortuary rituals analyzing postures and orientation of burials which are believed to show historical changes of ethnic variabilities in ritual customs. Comparative studies of burials from the Jomon to the Kofun period have revealed that there was various types of burial postures: not only two distinctive types e.g. crouched and extended burials, but many kinds of intermediate types. The results suggest burial practices varied both historically and regionally, according to the extent of the contact between Chinese or Korean burial customs.
Historical studies of burial customs in ancient Japan have dealt with the role of Buddism in the mortuary rituals, especially of the Imperial Family in the Medieval times. The studies revealed that the Imperial Family had abolished mounded tomb system in the Heian period and adopted Buddist customs such as stupa building or urn burials in temples. These Buddist-oriented rituals had long been adopted as main rituals before the Meiji era when they introduced the mound tomb system for burials; the revival of the ancient practices.
Our researches has thus gained many fruitful results which will enable us to carry out further studies.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 都出比呂志: "古墳時代首長系譜の継続と断絶" 待兼山論叢. 22号. 1-16 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 大石雅章: "比丘尼御所と室町幕府" 日本史研究(印刷中).

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  • [Publications] 福永伸哉: "古墳時代の共同墓地" 侍兼山論叢. 23. 83-103 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 都出比呂志: "日本農耕社会の成立過程" 岩波書店, 511 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 都出比呂志(編): "古墳時代の王と民衆" 講談社, 198 (1989)

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  • [Publications] TSUDE, H.: "The Lineage of Chieftains as Revealed by Mounded-tomb Cluster Analysis" "Machikaneyama Ronso" No.22, 1989, pp.1-16.

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  • [Publications] TSUDE, H.: "The Period of Burial Mound Builders" "Kings and Peasants in the Kofun Period" edited by TSUDE, H., Kodansha Publishing Co., 1989.pp.25-52.

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  • [Publications] OISHI, M.: "Bikuni-gosho and the Muromachi Bakufu(Shogunate)" "Nihonshi Kenkyu", (in press).

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  • [Publications] FUKUNAGA, S.: "Communal Cemeteries in the Dofun Period" "Machikaneyama Ronso" No.22, 1989, pp.120-133.

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  • [Publications] FUKUNAGA, S.: "Communal Cemeteries" "Kings and Peasants in the Kofun Period" edited by TSUDE, H., Kodansha Publishing Co., 1989, pp.120-133.

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