Reconstruction of Japan's early modern society image through the "story" of entertainment work

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520740
• 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, 大学院人間文化創成科学研究科, 教授 (60320925)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 芸能 / 近世 / 文化 / 物語 / 浄瑠璃 / 都市 / 地域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

When it comes to the 18th century in Japan, entertainment in large cities such as Edo and Osaka is a city people's livelihood and the so-called "shibai-machi" is satisfied. In addition to the people around the town also exists brothel of sodomy, "product" of the performing arts would like to expand in every sense. Such is the penetration of educated culture and mature of urban society is crossed, in the late 18th century, the work of kabuki and Joruri that reflects the time of the social situation is to be produced numerous. These "stories" will result in the existence of entertainment's expansion and individual units of the activity area of entertainment's, it became a factor in entertainment culture to penetrate beyond the regional and hierarchy. Establishment of this "story" is the origin of a "tradition" of the Japanese culture reafter repeating the duration and transformation .

Free Research Field

日本近世史