A Socio-Religious Analysis of Folklore and Mysticism in 'Kishinron'

• Project/Area Number: 22720036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Takako 国際基督教大学, アジア文化研究所, 研究員 (70459006)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 儒教解釈 / 鬼神論 / 民俗学 / 民間信仰 / 宗教政策 / 日本思想史 / 異文化理解 / 後期水戸学 / 地域社会 / 近代化 / 神観念 / 国学 / 儒教理解 / 死生観 / 神道 / 葬送儀礼 / 宗教社会学 / 近世日本史 / 文教政策 / メディア論 / 神道解釈

Research Abstract

Arai Hakuseki's 'Kishinron' is known to have a detailed analysis on ghosts and supernatural events. Japanese scholars have long considered this work as evidence of Hakuseki's rationalism on such matters. Kishinron or the Neo-Confucian discussion of afterlife reflects concerns for religious policy. Arai Hakuseki's detailed discussion on the Supernatural must be understood within this socio-political background for social order and religious polity. This research has focused on Hakuseki's interests on folklore and supernatural events as a reflection of his political interest on local beliefs. In order to illuminate Hakuseki's religious views it is necessary to compare his work with other early modern Japanese intellectuals. Hakuseki had no intention to promote occult or mysticism; he was making effort to present a guideline to identify licentious cults and dangerous religious movements.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 後期水戸学における鬼神論の位置付けー新井白石との比較分析を通じて (2013)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-10-20
• [Presentation] Reincarnation under a new perspective : Religious views and social awareness in Hirata Atsutane's 'Katsugoro saisei kibun' (2013)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子(SUZUKI, Takako)
  • Organizer: XXIII World Congress of Philosophy
  • Place of Presentation: University of Athens, School of Philosophy, Athens, Greece
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-07
• [Presentation] 平田篤胤の『新鬼神論』における新井白石の思想的遺産―比較分析を通じて (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-28
• [Presentation] 鬼神論と政策論の展開―太宰春台を中心に (2011)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 学習院大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-30
• [Presentation] Political Interests and Religious Miracles in Hayashi Razan's Honchojinjako (2011)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子(SUZUKI, Takako)
  • Organizer: The Fifteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
  • Place of Presentation: International Christian University, Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-26
• [Presentation] 林羅山『本朝神社考』における霊験の位置付けー社会科学的な分析への射程 (2010)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-17
• [Presentation] 林羅山『本朝神社考』における霊験の位置付け-社会科学的な分析への射程 (2010)
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山大学(岡山市)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-17
• [Presentation] Reincarnation under a new perspective:Religious views and social awareness in Hirata Atsutane's "Katsugoro saisei kibun"
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: XXIII World Congress of Philosophy
  • Place of Presentation: University of Athens Athens Greece
• [Presentation] 後期水戸学における鬼神論の位置付けー新井白石との比較分析を通して
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会２０１３年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学川内キャンパス
• [Presentation] 平田篤胤『新鬼神論』における新井白石の思想的遺産ー比較分析を通して
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会2012年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学
• [Presentation] ‘Political Interests and Religious Miracles in Hayashi Razan’s Honchojinjako’
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: The Fifteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
  • Place of Presentation: The Fifteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
• [Presentation] 鬼神論と政策論の展開―太宰春台を中心に
  • Author(s): 鈴木孝子
  • Organizer: 日本思想史学会２０１１年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 学習院大学