The Study of Japanese Folk Religion from the Perspective of Representation on Space

本研究从空间表征的角度考察话语的消费与传播，以分析不断变化的宇宙观。考虑到人类共同生活的实践，有必要了解在社会历史背景下与空间相关的土著概念和行为。我们在空间话语上设置了五个子主题；节日、朝圣、旅游、交流、记忆。首席调查员对名为Yasara的娃娃节进行了研究，并以山形县Yuza镇的村民作为空间表征的案例研究。对宗教符号所创造的节日场所的意义和功能提出解读。在其他研究者的协助下，在其他领域也进行了比较研究。在福冈佐佐久里，我们研究了以朝圣的再现为基础的宇宙学重建。在四国地区，我们研究了因世界遗产登记而引起的空间冲突。在静冈县森镇，我们通过市县合并运动来研究空间的意义。在长崎市的Dejima岛，我们研究了通过空间的发明来改写历史，以促进旅游业。在静冈县伊豆半岛，我们通过开发商和游客的话语和记忆来研究精神空间的表征。在石川县北藤半岛，我们研究了明治时期政策下以节日为基础的民间宗教所形成的空间。在冲绳县那霸市，我们研究了通过唤起社区记忆来重建当地空间。总的来说，本研究提出了一种从空间表征角度考察日本民间宗教的新类型，并在深层次上展现了现代世界不断变化的宇宙观。

This study investigates the consumption and transmission of discourse from the perspective of the representation on space to analyze the changing cosmology. Considering the practice of common human life, it is necessary to understand the indigenous concept and behavior connected with the space in the socio-historical context. We set on five sub themes on the discourse of space ; festival, pilgrimage, tourism, exchange, and memory. Head investigator has researched the doll festival called Yasara, conducted the villagers of Yuza town in Yamagata prefecture as the case study on the representation of space.I propose the interpretations on the meanings and functions of the festival site created by the religious symbols. Under the assistance of other researchers, the comparative studies have been conducted in other areas. In Sasaguri town of Fukuoka prefecture, we have studied on the reconstruction of cosmology based on the representation of the pilgrimage. In Shikoku area, we have studied on space conflicts caused by the enrollment of the world heritage site. In Mori town of Shizuoka prefecture, we have studied on the meanings of the space through the and municipal merger movement. In Dejima Island of Nagasaki city, we have studied on the rewriting the history by the invention of space to promote the tourism. In Izu peninsula of Shizuoka prefecture, we have studied on the representations of spiritual space through the discourse and the memory by the developers and tourists. In Noto peninsula of Ishikawa prefecture, we have studied on the space formed by the folk religion based on festivals under the policy of Meiji period. In Naha city of Okinawa prefecture, we have studied on reconstruction of local space by evoking the memories in community. In general, this study and research propose the new type of investigation on Japanese folk religion from the perspective of the representation on space and shows the changing cosmology of the modern world in deep level.