著者

生沼 芳弘

出版者

東海大学体育学部

雑誌

東海大学紀要 体育学部 (ISSN:03892026)

巻号頁・発行日

no.8, pp.p1-10, 1978

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Sumo (Japanese wrestling) is a sport culture that was fostered by Japanese people and Japanese culture, and it has a difinite organization and institution in the capacity of professional sports. The Sumodom (Sumo society) has many stables (Sumobeya) which are no parallel to other sports. Now, the Sumodom has about thirty stables. It is a unique institution in the world of sports. This Sumobeya is a private training center of Sumo where both a master (teacher) of Sumo and many diciples live together in a same house, in order to accede to the Sumo culture. And it has been extending over two handred years from the Edo period. This is to certify that Sumobeya is institutionalized in the Sumodom. The object of this research is to make clear the structure of Sumobeya in human relations. This research will find a clue to analyze the characteristic of the nation in Japanese sports culture. This research is a participant observation method in Takasago-beya. And the research materials (data) are my investigation in Takasago-beya which had extended for about two years from 1975 to 1977. The result of this research made clear that the structure of Sumobeya in human relations consisted of a fictional family institution. The family institution was just patriarchalism. A fictional family institution is a means of making up justification. The means are most simple and an effectual method for emotional, traditional and irrational personality. This personality is apt to accept to a fictional family institution.