A Study of the Process of Creating a Digital Archive of Ryukyu Linguistic Material and a Guide to its Use

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24242036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Okinawa International University
• Principal Investigator: KARIMATA Keiichi 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 教授 (60169662)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHIOKA Satoshi 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 教授 (30389613) ; KOJIMA Kayoko (SHIMOJI Kayoko) 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 准教授 (40586517) ; MASHIMO Atsushi 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (50209425) ; MATAYOSHI Mitsukuni 沖縄国際大学, 産業情報学部, 教授 (50269172) ; TERUYA Makoto 沖縄県立芸術大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (60626068) ; TABA Yuuki 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 准教授 (80582147) ; URAMOTO Hiroshi 沖縄国際大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50582144) ; HARADA Nobuyuki 新見公立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60290508)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATAYOSHI Mitsukuni 沖縄国際大学, 産業情報学部, 教授 (50269172)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-10-31 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 琉球王朝文化 / 庶民文化 / 身体 / 様式 / 昔話 / 芸能 / 歌謡 / 継承

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In performing traditional stories, songs and other forms of entertainment, facial and physical expression are used as well as sound. As Ryukyuan culture was traditionally centered around oral communication, physical expression, including gesture and body language were particularly prominent.
But the sense of “time” and “place”, along with the collective spirit and memory of the Ryukyu Kingdom performing arts is gradually changing and fading away. In several traditional arts, especially the songs of Ryukyu’s classical music and classical performance are influenced by modern operatic works such as “voice” ”sound” and “body-form” that are changed drastically. Therefore based on the Ryukyu dynasty classical songs, dance and performance, I am being studied to focus on the Ryukyu’s collective spirit such as a “word” and “body-form” of Ryukyu’s royal family.

Free Research Field

琉球文学・琉球芸能・民俗学