Spatial Structure of Japanese Religion - Geography of Religion in Japan: Religious Space, Landscape, and Behavior

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Table 3.4 Religious forms of Kanamura association in Toyosato district, Tsukuba City, 1995

Number

of visitors Decision of visitors Rite Amulets

1 Koya 1940s District 62 3 - 1 year FD 3 Fixed to manager No M

2 Tohigashi 1940s District 50 1 inherited - No term FD 1 Fixed to manager No M

Dantai-ko 3 Nakahigashi - District 43 3 RU 1 year FD 3 Fixed to manager No M

4 Kamisato 1991 District 106 6 RU 6 years FD 6 Fixed to manager No M

5 Imakashima- kaihata 1940s Community 85 1 RU 2 years FD 1 Fixed to manager No M

6 Imakashima- tsubakimoto 1940s Community 39 1 HD 2 years FD 1 Fixed to manager No M

7 Imakashima- Kamisyuku 1940s Community 48 2 RU 1 year ND 2 Fixed to manager No L

Nenzan-ko 8 Kakunai - Community 39 1 RU 1 year ND 1 Fixed to manager No L

9 Konomata - District 38 3 inherited - No term ND&FD 1 or 2 Fixed to manager No M&L

10 Yoko-machi - Community 46 1 HD 2 years ND 1 Fixed to manager No L

11 Oyama - Community 40 7 HD 1 or 2 years ND 7 Fixed to manager No M

RU: representative of ujiko organization, FD: delegate visit in fall, M: amulets of middle sized for dedicating to a household altar, HD: head of district, ND: delegate visit in January,

L: amulets of large sized for tsujifuda

-: No data or not clear

There is another association in Toyosato

Data source : The author's fi eld survey

Year of

foundation Range

Number of

households

Number of

managers

Way

of visit