Associate Professor Masahiro Nakahori of Faculty of Letters presented his research at the 6th All-Russian Conference of Folklore Researchers

Associate Professor Masahiro Nakahori of the University of Faculty of Letters gave a research presentation (in Russian) entitled "Regional Characteristics of Funeral Rituals in the Upper Toima District of Arkhangelsk Region" at the 6th All-Russian Folklore Researchers Conference held in Vladimir, Russia on Thursday, March 19.

The All-Russian Conference of Folklore Researchers is a gathering place for research presentations by folklore researchers from all over Russia, and is a research conference representing the Russian academic community held once every four years under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Education.

Associate Professor Nakahori participated online and presented in the form of a pre-recorded video. After the presentation, a question and answer session was held online both on-site and in real time.

In the Upper Toima district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, a total of five field surveys have been conducted from 1995 to 2019 in collaboration between Japanese and Russian researchers. This research has been accepted as a Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research C* since 2019, and Associate Professor Nakahori is participating as a co-investigator. We have been working on listening to and analyzing the contents of various materials reproduced in field surveys.

The purpose of this presentation is to clarify the characteristics of funeral rites in the Kamitoima area, especially the methods of hot water irrigation and the performers of hot water irrigation, focusing on these materials, especially the materials collected in 2015 in which Associate Professor Nakahori participated. Associate Professor Nakahori's presentation was highly praised for the accuracy of the presentation of materials and for analyzing and characterizing the various elements of ritual in the traditions of the region in detail.

* Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) "An Attempt at a Comprehensive Description of Traditional Culture: Based on Folklore Research Materials from Northern Russia" 2019-2022, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) "The Practice of a Comprehensive Description of Traditional Culture: Based on Folklore Research Materials from Northern Russia" 2023-2026

Associate Professor

Masahiro Nakahori

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Specialized Field

Russian folklore, Russian folk culture, Slavic mythology

Research theme

Russian funeral laments and funeral rites, folk culture of the Russian North