Religious Study about the Rites of Passage among "Salarymen"

1999年，我们专注于公司入职仪式和公司葬礼的研究。Nakamaki教授访问了大阪的Duskin，并调查了该公司的入职仪式和对新员工的培训。这项研究的结果是，Duskin和Ittoen之间的关系是明确的。我们参加了索尼的公司葬礼，明确了索尼的公司特点和索尼已故社长森田先生作为一名富有魅力的创始人的个性。我们参观了大成斋藤、市谷宗宗等葬礼，研究了公司葬礼和特殊合同的历史变迁。2000年，我们继续研究入职仪式、新员工培训和公司葬礼。关于殡葬公司，我们最近参观了大阪最大的公司之一Koekisha。在1999年和2000年，我们对九州啤酒厂的宗教仪式和京都富士美稻田神社的企业仪式进行了研究，确定了传统产业和宗教的关系，并将我们的研究成果汇总在一起，发表了一份研究报告。

In 1999 we focused on the research of the company entrance ceremony and company funeral. Prof. Nakamaki visited Duskin in Osaka and investigated its entrance ceremony and training of the new employees. As a result of this research, the relationship between Duskin and Ittoen is well-defined. We participated in the company funeral at SONY, and made clear of the corporate charactaristics of SONY and the personarity of Mr. Morita, late president of SONY, as a charismatic founder. We visited funeral such as Taisei Saiten, Ichiyanagi Sogu Sohonten, and researched on the historical changes of company funerals and special contracts.In 2000 we continued to look into entrance ceremonies, training of the new employee, and company funerals. Regarding the funeral company, we newly visited Koekisha, one of the biggest company in Osaka. This year we intestigated the interoffice marrige, and defined Japanese corporate culture which had mixed the public and the private.Through 1999 and 2000, we conducted researchs on the religious ritual of breweries in Kyushu and the corporate ritual at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, and defined the relations of traditional industry and religion.We have put together our research results and published a research report.