Research projects

鈴木正崇『ミャオ族の歴史と文化の動態ー中国南部山地民の想像力の変容ー』風響社、２０１２年。

Goddess Worship and Women Life in East Asia

吉原和男・鈴木正崇（編）『拡大する中国世界と文化創造ーアジア太平洋の底流』弘文堂、２００２年。吉原和男・鈴木正崇・末成道男（編）『＜血縁＞の再構築ー東アジアにおける父系出自と同姓結合』風響社、２０００年。

宮家準（編）『修験道の地域的展開ー熊野先達・檀那の地域性に関する研究』研究成果報告書、２００１年。鈴木正崇『神と仏の民俗』吉川弘文館、２００１年。宮家準『修験道の地域的展開』春秋社、２０１２年。

脇田晴子・アンヌ、ブッシィ『アイデンティティ・周縁・媒介』吉川弘文館、２０００年。Bouchy,Anne.Berthon,M.Soury,M.eds.Identites, Marges, Meditations,EFEO,2001.

鈴木正崇・野村伸一（編）『仮面と巫俗の研究ー日本と韓国』第一書房、１９９９年。金子量重・坂田貞二・鈴木正崇（編）『ラーマーヤナの宇宙ー伝承と民族造形』春秋社、１９９８年。

可児弘明・国分良成・鈴木正崇・関根政美（編）『民族で読む中国』朝日新聞社、１９９８年。鈴木正崇『ミャオ族の歴史と文化の動態ー中国南部山地民の想像力の変容ー』風響社、２０１２年。

『南アジア,東南アジアにおける宗教,儀礼,社会 : 「正統」,ダルマの波及・形成と変容 』東京外国語大学アジアアフリカ言語文化研究所、1995

宮家準・鈴木正崇（編）『東アジアのシャーマニズムと民俗』勁草書房、１９９４年。

The summary of research results is as follows. 1. Shamanism : In the Sanriku area miko (female shaman) is relatively active. There are two initiation types of miko shaman. In the Sanin area there are onmyodo religionists. 2. New religion : In the Sanin area several new religious sects can be seen. In the Sanriku area Izumotaishakyo is being reorgainzed. 3. Kagura : Each area has its own Kagura which conducts a yudate ritual and an oracle ritual. 4. Possession : In both areas there and evil spirits that take possession of a person. In the Sanin area the prossession tends to cause the social tension, but in the Sanriku atea such tension cannot be seen. 5. Rich haul prayer : In both areas there re festirals where a ship with a portable shrine sails near the coast followed by several ships. 6. Other features : In the Sanin area there are ko-organizations to visit and worship Ichibataji Temple which is dedicated to the Physician of Souls, and they are spreading in the west of Japan. In the Izumo area new organizations of pilgrimage have appeared.

Scholars concerned with anthropological and historical research of East Asia generally agree on the decisive influence of Yueh culture on the formation of Yayoi Culture in pre-historic Japan. Knowledgc of actual cultural process occurred in the Circum-East-China-Sea area needs, however, an in -depth clarification in terms of Comparative Folklore ; it is simply because historical documents and archeological remains tell us little about various ethnic groups and their distinctive cultures. Our assumption is : folk customs found among Han and non-Han peoples in the southeastern coastal area of China mainland still keep, in the form of "cultural survivals," those cultural elements which are descended from ancient Yueh culture, that is to say, what we call "Yueh-related" elements. We tried to find them through intensive field research of villages as well as rather extensive looking into the geographical distribution of various folk customs. In the 1st year, we walked around widely along the coastal area of Fujia