著者
一ノ瀬 正樹
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.17, no.S1, pp.38-58, 2012-03-20

日台国際研究会議「東アジアの死生学へIV」, 2011年10月7日, 国立中山大学社会科学院, 高雄
著者
山本 伸裕
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
no.16, pp.74-100, 2011-10

Akegarasu Haya (暁烏敏1877-1954) -- whose thought is commonly regarded as being in the tradition of Kiyozawa Manshi's seishin-shugi, or 'spiritualism,'(精神主義) -- has been accused of leading a great number of Japanese people into war in Kiyozawa's name. Kiyozawa is an extremely important figure in the development of Shin thought in the Meiji period, and might rightly be considered a torch-carrier for the tradition. However, it is a fact that Akegarasu, a disciple of Kiyozawa, lead Japanese citizens in his role as a Shin-Buddhist preacher. This is a large stumbling block when one seeks to evaluate the ideological parameters of Shin. One may assert that there are some critical differences between Kiyozawa's way of thinking and Akegarasu's. The first point is the difference in their approach to the word 'religion.'Kiyozawa, in his final essay "Waga-shinnen (我信念)," describes how he, through his efforts to lead an ethical life in the real world, came to a realization of how truly powerless he was as a person and how he finally came to an understanding of 'religion'or, "the real faith of Shin-Buddhism." In contrast, Akegarasu confessed that he had feared death since he was a child and that he felt that he needed to be saved through the compassion of Amida Buddha. Differences, such as this, between the master and his pupil inevitably influence their sense of ethics. For Kiyozawa, matters of ethics are essential to his view of religion, as he acquired his faith through a deep sense of failure in ethics. He felt that in order to be liberated from the bonds of suffering it was necessary to seek for religious meaning while remaining in the everyday world. In other words, he couldn't live without religion in his life. On the other hand, Akegarasu's faith shows a striking contrast. As a matter of fact, his faith in Amida Buddha was necessary solely for overcoming his own fear of death. He insists that once people die they are sure to be reborn in Amida's Pure Land, achieve eternal life, and even be reunited with their families and intimate friends. According to his belief, one needn't worry about what one does in everyday life, whether it be good or bad, as one will unquestionably be saved by the prayer of Amida Buddha after death. This must surely explain why there seems to be no ethical element in Akegarasu's interpretation of Shin-Buddhist thought. Their contrasting attitudes in regard to ethics may also be rooted in their understanding of Amida Buddha. Kiyozawa interpreted Amida as 'Absolute Infinity', whereas Akegarasu grounded Amida in reality, relating him to real-life elements such as the Emperor of Japan or the Empire of Japan. For Akegarasu, though he was a Buddhist priest, the Emperor was of more value to him. Actually, some who knew him well point out that he placed particular value on the idea of lineal purity and even became obsessive over the issue. Therefore, from his point of view, there was no need to argue points on the "great righteous cause" of Japan. Thusly, he was unswerving in his view that people must never hesitate to lay down their life and cut down all those that stand in the way in establishing the Pure Land in this world. Thus, one must take particular care when dealing with the concept of seishin-shugi.
著者
松本 聡子 野村 俊明 奥村 雄介
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.14, no.1, 2010-12-15

Mental disorders are common among prison inmates. Article 26 of Japan's Mental Health and Welfare Law requires prison governors to report the impending release of inmates with mental disorders to the Prefectural governor; at the same time, documentary evidence of such inmates'psychiatric status must be submitted if they are assessed as likely to exhibit violent behavior. However, no research has been done on the implementation of this law. The goal of this study was to clarify the extent to which documentary evidence is actually included in reports issued by correctional institutions. It was found that documentary evidence is included high rates when inmates fall into 1 or more of the following 3 categories: the prison psychiatrist stated in the release report that hospitalization was necessary for psychiatric treatment; the risk of the inmate's inflicting harm on others is recognized; a violent nature and/or impulsiveness are recognized.
著者
石川 公彌子
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.11, no.S1, pp.18-33, 2009-03-25

日中国際研究会議「東アジアの死生学へ」, 2008年2月18日-19日, 趙家楼飯店, 北京
著者
佐藤 弘夫
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.16, 2011-10-31

公開・国際シンポジウム「イメージとヴィジョン : 東西比較の試み」
著者
甲斐 義明
出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.16, pp.30-51, 2011-10-31

Recently, nineteenth-century art photography distinctive for its "pictorialism" has been re-evaluated in the discourses of the history of photography. However, mainstream scholarship, which emphasizes the affinity between photography and other art forms such as painting or literature, has generally ignored the "photographic-ness" of pictorial photography. This paper examines how the work of English photographer Henry Peach Robinson, a representative figure in nineteenth-century art photography, embodied the medium-specificity of photography. It will do so by paying special attention to his works that deal with the themes of sleep and death, such as Fading Away (1858), The Lady of Shalott (1860), and Sleep (1867). In nineteenth-century Western culture, it was not unusual for people to commission professional photographers to take photographs of their dead family members before burials took place. In those postmortem photographs the corpse was typically depicted as if he or she were just "sleeping." It is important to realize that such a disguise was made possible by the power of photography, in which the states of being dead or asleep are often indistinguishable from one another. For Robinson, who tried to produce his photographic works strictly as he intended, such an instability of meaning was nothing but an obstacle to his creation. Indeed, Robinson finally stopped tackling the themes of death and sleep in his work and instead turned to more lively subject matter.

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出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.11, no.1, pp.13-15, 2009-03-25

日中国際研究会議「東アジアの死生学へ」, 2008年2月18日-19日, 趙家楼飯店, 北京中国側主催者代表 卞崇道. 日本側主催者代表 竹内整一. 司会 王青

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出版者
東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科グローバルCOEプログラム「死生学の展開と組織化」
雑誌
死生学研究 (ISSN:18826024)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.14, no.1, pp.180-193, 2011-03-15

日韓国際研究会議「東アジアの死生学へIII」, 2010年11月20日, コリアナホテル, ソウル