The Construction and Practice of 'Musical Rituals' in Medieval Literature

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University (2020-2022); Nagoya University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Inose Chihiro 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 准教授 (10723653)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 中世文学 / 儀礼 / 芸能史 / 音楽史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through the reading of texts related to musical rituals, I clarified the actual situation of human movement in rituals, the aspect of music performed in rituals, and the ideological role of such music, and showed a certain direction for the study of rituals across various fields such as Japanese literature, Japanese history, and religious history.
In addition, by reading in detail the classical works that describe the music of ritual, I presented new readings of some of the anecdotes in "Kokon Chomon ju" and "Zoku kojidan" that were traditionally thought to lack literary elements.

Free Research Field

日本古典文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、諸資料を読解し、時代に即した「読み」を提示する、日本文学における一般的な方法ではあるが、扱うテクストは次第や式、唱導資料、従来扱われてこなかったもの、または文学と見なされてこなかったものであり、かかるテクストに新たな価値付けを行った点に、学術的意義が存在する。同時にそれは、新たな古典の読みの可能性を提示するものであり、一定の社会的意義を有するものである。