Formation and development of "tradition" in Japanese entertainment culture

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02828
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: KANDA Yutsuki お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 教授 (60320925)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 芸能 / 伝統 / 文化 / 興行 / 遊芸 / 都市 / 地域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I aimed to forecast the process of "traditional" entertainment by drawing out the aspects of the performing arts culture of modern and modern transition from ① the change of social environment and ② the contents of entertainment work. I focused specifically on three points on ①. The first is the hierarchy of entertainers in the district, the second is the Kabuki actor who moves away, the third is a male geisha in Yuri. Although the institutional aspects were altered by the reorganization of the administrative organization in the early Meiji era, the continuity was seen in the hierarchy of entertainers and the realities of migrant work, and the entertainment spreads and spreads to the deep parts of rural and urban society, It turned out that it made the foundation of the traditionization. For ②, it turned out that the joruri culture incorporated the social phenomenon, and it was found through publicity permeating the contemporary public awareness.

Free Research Field

日本近世史