著者

佐々木 陽子

出版者

地域総合研究所

雑誌

地域総合研究 (ISSN:09142355)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.40, no.2, pp.39-53, 2013-02-28

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This paper uses a case study of Makurazaki City and clues obtained from local surveys ofpublic cemeteries conducted in the surrounding area to consider the meanings contained in the"public" of public cemeteries and the kinds of mentalities inherent in hakamairi (visiting the family grave). Having alluded to the relationship among kagezen (a tray of food for temporarily absent people), osonae (an offering to the dead—people who will never return), and hakamairi, all ofwhich are customs that conceal gender, this paper further examines how, in its capacity as anaction that is highly visible among others in the public sphere, hakamairi relates to changes inthe significance of the "public" in public cemeteries, as well as the kinds of mentalities peoplehave when praying for the dead. Furthermore, it presents the possibility that hakamairi helps todevelop among people a shared mentality of public cemeteries being shared resting places forboth the deceased with whom one was close with during their lifetime and those with whom onewas not, and as places where one also prays for a diverse range of people.