Study on the Multi-layered Characteristics of Water Culture in Relation to the Road Space

1.本研究以“道路”作为社会文化元素所构成的空间。尽管现代公路文化在“路”的意义上越来越占主导地位，但《四国朝圣之路》似乎仍在不断再现“路”的社会文化丰富性。本研究试图通过各种形式的“水”与道路空间的相互交织，分析“四国朝圣之路”空间构成的特质。特别值得注意的是，人们对水的看法发生了变化，包括水的安全性、水的商业化、与水有关的消费文化或行为模式，以及选择某些地点作为提供优质水的地点。与这些交织在一起的是朝圣之路沿线不同人的视角，他们对水有不同的看法。通过对19个现场具体案例的分析， ...更多信息 在整个四国地区，以水为中心的道路空间被组合成多层次的文化意义得到了阐释.在2001年度的研究中，从“四国朝圣之路”的整体中提取了潜在的调查对象，作为以下两个要素的矩阵：（1）构成“四国朝圣之路”沿着空间点的水的形态（泉水、水福尔斯、河流、海洋等）。（2）朝圣之路的构成类型（佛教寺庙中与圣徒有关的空间、过境空间和休息空间等）在进行实际调查后，选择了主要地点作为研究对象。然后，在2001财政年度下半年和2002财政年度，约10名工作人员多次访问了主题调查区域。在调查中，收集了历史参考资料，并对居民和与圣人有关的公司、地方政府和佛教寺庙的相关人士进行了采访。因此，在四国朝圣之路沿着的当代文化中，水的意义的时刻获得了各种见解，以多样化到人的层次，或者作为促进其中意义变化的时刻。特别是，我们相信，我们有可能揭示这样一个事实，即曾经在路边居民的生活和宗教信仰中具有重要意义的水，正在改变其作为传统、文化和观光资源的意义，同时，在这些变化发生的同时，水并没有失去其原有的意义，而且，水使人们有可能再现道路与水有关的多层次文化含义的特点。少

1. This research adopts a point of view of "road" as a space that is composed of social and cultural elements. While there is a tendency for the modern high-way culture to become more and more dominant as far as the meaning of "road" is concerned, the "Pilgrimage Roads in Shikoku" still seem to keep on reproducing the social and cultural richness of "road." What we have attempted in this research is to analyze the idiosyncrasies of the space composition of the "Pilgrimage Roads in Shikoku" through various forms of "water" that intertwine with the road space. Especially noted upon were changes in the views towards water in terms of safety of water, commercialization of water, and water-related consumption culture or behavior patterns, and selection of certain locations as spots that provide high-quality water. Cross-weaving with these are the perspectives of different people alongside the Pilgrimage Roads with differing positions toward water. Through analyzing specific cases of 19 spot … More s in the entire Shikoku region, the cultural meaning of road space around the water spots being composed into multiple-layers has been elucidated.2. In FY 2001 research, potential survey subjects were extracted from the "Pilgrimage Roads in Shikoku" in its entirety as matrix of the following two elements: (1) Forms of water that compose the spatial spots along the "Pilgrimage Roads in Shikoku" (fountain water, water falls, rivers, ocean, etc.) and (2) types of components of Pilgrimage Roads (spaces at Buddhist temples associated with saints, transit space, and rest space, etc.) After conducting actual surveys, major spots as research subjects were selected. Then, in the latter half of FY 2001 and through FY2002, subject survey areas were visited by about 10 staffs for several times. In the surveys, historical reference materials have been collected and interviews were conducted with residents and people related to corporations, local governments and Buddhist temples associated with saints.3. As a result, various insights were obtained into the moments for the meaning of water as the contemporary culture along the Pilgrimage Roads in Shikoku to diversify into man layers or as moments that promote the changes in the meanings in them. Especially, we feel confident that it has been possible for us to shed light upon the fact that water, which once held important meanings in the life and religious faith of road-side residents, is changing its meaning as tradition, culture, and sightseeing resources, and that, at the same time, while these changes are taking place, water is not losing its original meanings whatsoever and, moreover, water is making it possible for people to reproduce the characteristics of the multiple layers of the cultural meanings of roads in relation to water. Less