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Probabilism and the Mission: The Global Significance of the Catholic Mission in Early-Modern Japan Based on Historiographical Research in Spain

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00107
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 01040:History of thought-related
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

ORII Yoshimi  慶應義塾大学, 法学部(日吉), 教授 (80453869)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords蓋然説 / 日本キリスト教史 / 宣教史 / カトリシズム / キリシタン / サントスの御作業 / スペイン / Probabilism / イエズス会版 / キリシタン版 / 宣教 / マルティン・デ・アスピルクエタ / イエズス会 / インテレクチュアルヒストリー / インテレクチュアル・ヒストリー / 思想史
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究の目的は、16世紀前半以降ヨーロッパ神学において発達したいわゆるProbabilism(蓋然説)と、宣教活動の前進とカトリック自然法・教会法の遵守との間の葛藤から生じたDissimulation(偽装)、Mental reservation(内部留保)、Equivocation(惚け)と名付けられる精神的行為との相関関係を、日本宣教の事例を通じて明らかにすることにある。検討する在南欧当該資料は日本の迫害下における司祭身分の偽装の是非、日本人奴隷の合法化・非合法化の是非に関する興味深い内容を含む。破損・散逸の危機に直面しているこれら資料の整理・保存も本研究の柱となる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Probabilism, which had been established in Catholic theology since the late 16th century, functioned as a powerful theological bases of justification in the Catholic mission in Japan when missionaries were faced with judging the licitness of acts that could not be judged by existing ethical-theological standards. It also functioned as a psychological relief for their internal moral dilemmas.
An analysis of the third copy in the world of “Sanctos no gosagveo” or the Lives of Saints published by the Jesuit Mission press in Japan in 1591 confirmed that the handwriting found in the book was one of the earliest examples of Japanese being studied in Europe with comparative perspective with other Oriental languages in the Levant.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究が行った「蓋然説」と「宣教」の相関関係についての分析を通じて、わが国のいわゆる“キリシタン史”研究を、近世初期のグローバルな思想史研究に接合する方法を提示することができた。また、神律との強い葛藤を根源とする「告解」という行為の思想史的理解は、殊に我が国においては、西ヨーロッパ言語文化とその精神性の深い理解、ひいてはその根底にあるキリスト教思想のリテラシーの向上という意味において、我が国の思想史研究の発展にとって意義があったと考える。さらに、これまで分析されたことのなかった在外資料を国内外に広く公表した点においても意義が認められる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Leipzig University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Max Planck Institute(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] フランス国会図書館蔵『サントスの御作業』(1591年)について2021

    • Author(s)
      折井善果
    • Journal Title

      キリシタン文化研究会会報

      Volume: 157 Pages: 15-22

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Theological Sources of the Theory of “Dissimulation” During the Period of Persecution of Christianity in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      ORII, Yoshimi
    • Organizer
      International Symposium “Religion, Translation and Transnational Relations: Japan and (Counter-) Reformation Europe,” September 1-3, 2022. Leipzig University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mentoring Comments to the Dissertation of Javier Takamura, D. Phil: “Luis Frois's Historia de Japam: Aims and methods.”2022

    • Author(s)
      ORII, Yoshimi
    • Organizer
      International Workshop: Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia. Seoul National University & The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, Boston College, Nov.28-Dec. 4, 2022.
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Pietro Alagona’s “Compendium Manualis Navarri” published by the Jesuit Mission Press in Early Modern Japan (1597)2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimi Orii
    • Organizer
      Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, “Legal Books and Beyond in the Iberian Worlds: Normative Knowledge Production in the Age of Printing Press” Virtual form. January 20, 2022.
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] "The Catholic Reformation and Japanese Hidden Christians: Books as Historical Ties". Madar, H. (ed.), Prints as Agents of Global Exchange, 1500-1800. 159-180.2021

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimi Orii
    • Total Pages
      338
    • Publisher
      Amsterdam University Press
    • ISBN
      9789462987906
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Cruces y Ancoras: La Influencia de Japon y Espana en un Siglo de Oro Global2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimi Orii y Maria Jesus Zamora Calvo (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      302
    • Publisher
      Madrid: ABADA Editores
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] International Symposium “Religion, Translation and Transnational Relations: Japan and (Counter-) Reformation Europe,” September 1-3, 2022. Leipzig University2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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