Shamanism of Korean-Japanese : syncretism of Shamanism and Buddhism

ザイニチ カンコク チョウセンジン ニオケル フゾク シンコウ フゾク ト ブッキョウ トノ シンクレティズム オ チュウシンニ

オオサカ ダイガク ニンゲン カガクブ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

英語

シンクレティズム

巫俗

エスニック・アイデンティティ

仏教

Korean-Japanese

syncretism

shamanism

ethnic identity

Buddhism

The motivation of raising the argument in this thesis is based on questining how social background exists with the spread of 'shamanism' in Korean-Japanese Society, and rethinking what is expected through the study of shamanism as well. Here, shamanism's meaning and function will be investigated. Besides being as a secularized interest in religion, sorts of functions in measuring the reformation of their ethnic identity will also be considered as well. The question will be found interesting because of the difference between Korean-Japanese Society with the special character of the syncretism of Shamanism and Buddhism in Korean Temple in Japan, with factors which related to Korea and Japan as well as any original factor which is going to be examined in details. And this has served as the main purpose of this thesis. Three events taken place in DAIKOUZI of IKOMA mountain district are going to be investigated. From the stondpoint of the client of GUT,different types of client will be classified according to their purposes motivations and related backgrounds throughout the life history collected and studied in field research. Finally, throughout the discussion of meanings and functions of shamanism in Korean-Japanese Society, a typical character of Korean-Japanese can be clarified with expected. Beyond the understanding of Korean-Japanese Society, the significance of studying Japanese Society should also be concerned with regard to the difference between Korean-Japanese Society and Japanese Society.

英語