生活の中の巡礼 : 南関東地方における現代的巡礼をめぐって

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The pilgrimage today tends to be discussed as a sightseeing, because of such external changes as the decline of the pilgrimage wearing white uniforms on foot and the increasing number of pilgrimage tours planned by travel agencies. This discussion seems to come from the perspective seeing a pilgrimage as a religion or as a sightseeing. But on the research of some pilgrims today, it can be said that their inner thoughts are so complex that we can't consider the pilgrimage today simply as a religion or as a sightseeing. Therefore the author thinks when we comprehend the pilgrimage today, we should not discuss the pilgrimage is a religion or as a sightseeing, but focus on the details of the pilgrimage including the participants' internal activity and their life. In this paper, focusing on the "Pilgrimage-tour to the thirty-six Fudo temples in the Kanto region", the author will present some cases gathered by participant observation and interviews held to its participants to describe the actual condition of the pilgrimage today and the life and motivation of the participants. Finally the author concludes that the pilgrims' inner thoughts are involved with many factors, so that the pilgrimage today makes their life meaningful.
日本生活学会の論文
1998-09-01