神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所

Research and Study

Basic Joint research project: Comprehensive Studies on the Landscape and History of Sea Areas and Seaside Community

Geographical scope

The coastal villages and their fishing grounds depicted on the fishing grounds maps possessed by ISJFC, including Oshima Island in Kesennuma (Miyagi Prefecture) where a special joint research is conducted.

Purpose

The main purpose of this joint project is to conduct interdisciplinary research on the history and culture of sea area and seaside community based on the landscape depicted in the illustrated fishing ground maps and by utilizing the human resources of ISJFC. The project aims to develop a new methodology that uses image analysis as the starting point.

  • Fukami Village and Kaiso Village (now Wajima City) Fishing Ground Maps: owned by ISJFC)
  • Research meeting(January 25, 2020)

Duration: 2015-