01556nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001700043653002600060653000900086653001700095653001100112100001400123245008200137856014400219300001200363490000700375520094800382022002001330                                       d10aGendai budō10aJapanese martial arts10aKata10aKoryū budō10aritual1 aL. Rafolt00aRitual formalism and the intangible body of the Japanese koryū budō culture  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84903398152&doi=10.15176%2fvol51no109&partnerID=40&md5=8aa603640a4f7834823fd2ebde779aa9  a183-2080 v513 aThe paper presents an analysis of the interrelation between the traditional Japanese martial arts culture (koryū budō) and its modern correspondents (gendai budō). The analysis is based on the idea of inscribing koryū budō on UNESCO s list of intangible cultural heritage, as Japan s oldest martial cultural asset. Initial proposals to do so were put forward in the last ten years by some Japanese martial arts organizations, e.g. Nippon Budokan, especially by its koryū legacy division. The paper interprets the ritual-like and pattern-like formalism of the Japanese modern and traditional budō legacy, especially in the context of "Japanese nationalist history" after the Meiji Restoration. Emphasis is therefore put on the structures of movements that pre-exist in the ritual practices of the classical budō culture and are still present in modern martial arts systems, because of their hereditary and pre-formalized performativity.  a05472504 (ISSN)