TY - JOUR
KW - Gendai budō
KW - Japanese martial arts
KW - Kata
KW - Koryū budō
KW - ritual
AU - L. Rafolt
AB - The 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.
DO - 10.15176/vol51no109
M1 - 1
N1 - Publisher: Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
N2 - The 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.
SP - 183
EP - 208
TI - Ritual formalism and the intangible body of the Japanese koryū budō culture
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84903398152&doi=10.15176%2fvol51no109&partnerID=40&md5=8aa603640a4f7834823fd2ebde779aa9
VL - 51
SN - 05472504 (ISSN)
ER -