From "Korean Temples" to "Temples for Koreans Living in Japan": Religious Practices of Koreans Living in Japan in Colonial and Postcolonial Times

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  • ｢朝鮮寺」から「在日コリアン寺院」へ --コロニアル/ポストコロニアル状況における在日コリアンの宗教的実践--
  • 「 チョウセンジ 」 カラ 「 ザイニチ コリアン ジイン 」 エ : コロニアル/ポストコロニアル ジョウキョウ ニ オケル ザイニチ コリアン ノ シュウキョウテキ ジッセン

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Abstract

Since before World War II in Japan, unique religious ideas and rituals that combine ancient Korean Shamanism and Buddhism have developed. The sites of this practice have been called "Korean Temples". They are comprised of bosaru ("Bodhisattva", female shamans), sunim (Buddhist monks), and the first-generation Korean women living in Japan that support them. However, as I pointed out in my 2012 study, the existence of a network between "City Temples" in Osaka and "Mountain Temples" in the Ikoma Mountains near the Kansai urban area has led me to begin calling them "Temples for Koreans living in Japan". Many "Temples for Koreans living in Japan" are experiencing a generational change ; now most practitioners are Koreans who came to Japan from the 1980s onwards. They have developed new religious activities that differ from those of "Korean Temples". In addition, in light of their lifestyles of going back and forth between Korea and Japan, we could say that the circumstances surrounding them are part of the general shift towards transnationality. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the development of the religious practices of Koreans in colonial and postcolonial times, and the transition from "Korean Temples" before World War II to the current "Temples for Koreans living in Japan". Accordingly, it will also consider whether or not it is possible to point out the "Empire".

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 108 49-63, 2015-12-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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