1987 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Total Research for Religious Bodies in Modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	61301005
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Religious studies
Research Institution	University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	TAMARU Noriyoshi Univ. of Tokyo, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40011358)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ISHII Kenji Univ. of Tokyo, Research Associate, 文学部, 助手 (90176131) GOTO Koichiro Univ. of Tokyo, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40011291) KOMOTO Mitsugi Univ. of Meiji, Professor, 商学部, 教授 (60101333) INOUE Nobutaka Univ. of Kokugakuin, Associate Professor, 日本文化研究所, 助教授 (80011386) YANAGAWA Keiichi Univ. of Kokugakuin, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50011276)
Project Period (FY)	1986 – 1987
Keywords	religion / Shinto Bukkyou / Christianity / Ginza / Umeda / キリスト教 / 銀座 / 梅田 / 初詣
Research Abstract	We did the total research for religious bodies in modern Japan in 1986 and 1987. We dealt with Jinzya-Shinto, Kyouha(Sect)-Shinto, Buddhism Sects( Zyuudoshinshuu honganji-sect, Nichiren-sect, Soto-sect, Shingon-myousinji-sect ), Christian-sects, and New Religions( Konkoukyou, Tenrikyou ). We gathered the data as many as possible and analyzed. We also did the field work in Tokyo Ginza and Osaka Umeda to Know the relationship between the urbanaization and religiou bodies. Now the development of the thecnology has been changing japanese society dynamically. Religious bodies also has been effected by that trend. We find easyly the transformation of religious bodies in two respects. One is the effect of urabanization. Urbaniazation has transformed the moderan religious situation. Another is the revitalization of Shinto and Buddhist sect by useing the new media, especially visual media. We concluded that the religious situation has been changing dynamically and our understanding of religion has to change according to the present religious situation.