OBA Aya

オオバアヤ | OBA Aya

Affiliation and department：
Other affiliations (1)：

McMaster University Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences Visiting Researcher

Homepage URL (2)： https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23KJ2142/ , https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23KJ2142/

Research field (4)： Local studies , Cultural anthropology and folklore , Religious studies , Sociology

Research keywords (17)： migration , mourn , funeral , East Asia , funeral reform movement , Taiwan , China , Ishikawa , Yamagata , movement to improve living standards , New Life Movement , Religious Studies , Sociology , Sociology of Religion , Keiyaku-ko , local community , funeral and burial

Research theme for competitive and other funds (9)：

2023 - 2026 The Mechanisms of Change for Funerals in East Asia: Government Expectations and Community Responses
2021 - 2025 Reconstruction of Funeral and Burial System for the Super-Aging Society with Numerous Deaths
2022 - 2023 A Research of the National Indoctrination Policy and Religions in a Local Community During the Early 20th Century
2020 - 2023 The Japanese Buddhist Home Altar in the Past and Present
2020 - 2021 Ideals and Reality: Simplification of Weddings and Funerals in the Prewar Movements for Living Standard Improvements

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Papers (16)：

Aya OBA. Shinrui and Funeral Practices on Miyakejima Island: Mutual Aid Relationships between Shintoists and Buddhists. Annual Report of the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. 2024. 17. 26-46
Aya OBA. Regional Characteristics in the Manuals of Wedding and Funeral: Focusing on the Three Jodo Shin-shu Areas. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2024. FY2023. 31-59
Aya OBA. Aspects of the Muen-Shakai Discourse: A Cross-Link Study. Komazawa University BUNKA (CULTURE). 2024. 42. 104 [91]-77 [118]
Aya OBA. Co-buying and Sharing Dresses, Goods and Facilities for Weddings and Funerals: The Case of Nomi, Ishikawa. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2022. FY2021. 29-42
Aya OBA. Changes in Funeral and Resident Associations: Keiyaku-ko and the New Life Movement in Mogami, Yamagata. Doctoral Thesis. 2022

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MISC (20)：

Aya OBA. How the Wedding and Funeral Manuals Are Created: A Case of Nagano. Journal of the Ceremonial Occasions Research Institute. 2025. FY2024. 47-59
Aya OBA. How Local Governments Treat the Dead: Focusing on Rituals. Journal of Religious Studies. 2025. 98. Supplement. 123-124
Summary of JARS Young Members’ Roundtable Session. Religious Studies in Japan: Proceedings of the IAHR 2023 Special Conference, Tokyo. 2024. Vol.7. Supplementary. 105-113
Aya OBA. Urbanization and Funerals. Religion and Society. 2024. 30. 149-151
Aya OBA. Development of the Funeral Reform Movement in Jiangxi, China: Focusing on Media Discourse (Summary). Journal of Religious Studies. 2024. 97. Supplement. 268-269

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Books (4)：

Morioka Kiyomi's Sociology of Religion: Its Verification and Succession
Hozokan 2025 ISBN:4831857289
仏教由来の日常語事典
Maruzen Publishing 2025 ISBN:4621310690
Funerals and Graves in a Relationless Society: Past, Present, and Future with the Dead
Yoshikawa Kobunkan 2022 ISBN:4642082069
Religious Changes in Modern Japan: The Empirical Studies in Sociology of Religion
Harvest 2016 ISBN:4863390785

Lectures and oral presentations (42)：

Multiple Secularizations: Changes in Death Rituals and Practices in Japan (Closed Panel: Rethinking Secularization: Insights from the Japanese Context)
(XXIII World Congress of the IAHR (at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland) 2025)
Rituals for the Dead and Remains by the Local Government
(The 120th REKIHAKU Symposium "Reconstruction of Funeral and Burial System for the Super-Aging Society" (at Hitotsubashi Hall) 2024)
How Local Government Treat the Dead: Focusing on Rituals
(The 83rd Annual Convention of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies (at Tenri University) 2024)
Shinrui and Funerals in Miyakejima Island: Mutual Aid across Religions
(The 32nd Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society (at Kokugakuin University, Shibuya Campus) 2024)
What Was Muen Shakai?: Its Aspects and Academic Perspectives
(JARS Young Members Workshop (at Toyo Eiwa University) 2024)

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Education (4)：

2022 - 2023 Shenzhen University (Online Long-term Chinese Program) College of International Exchange
2017 - 2022 Taisho University Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Literature Major in Religious Studies
2015 - 2017 Taisho University Master's Program, Graduate School of Literature Major in Religious Studies
2010 - 2014 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies School of Foreign Studies Major in Urdu, Department of South and West Asian Studies

Professional career (3)：

B.A. in Language and Area Studies (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
M.A. in Literature (Taisho University)
Ph.D. in Literature (Taisho University)

Work history (17)：

2025/04 - 現在 Kokugakuin University Organization for the Advancement of Research and Development The Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Collaborative Researcher
2025/02 - 現在 McMaster University Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences Visiting Researcher
2023/04 - 現在 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellow (National Museum of Japanese History)
2023/04 - 現在 National Museum of Japanese History Visiting Researcher
2023/04 - 現在 Toyo University Department of International Sociology, Faculty of Sociology Lecturer (part-time)

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Committee career (3)：

2023/11 - 現在 Association for the Funeral Director Certification (Certified by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) Committee Member
2020/09 - 現在 Japan Association of Funeral Culture Officer, Editorial Board of Sōsōbunka
2018/04 - 2024/03 Religious Studies Institute of Taisho University Committee Member

Awards (2)：

2024/02 - Komazawa University 2023 Best Teaching Award
2017/03 - Taisho University 2016 President’s Award

Association Membership(s) (9)：

Folklore Society of Japan (FSJ) , Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) , Japan Association of Funeral Culture , East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR) , Japan Sociological Society (JSS) , Folklore Society of Tohoku , Japanese Association for Religious Studies (JARS) , Religious Studies Institute of Taisho University , Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society (JASRS)

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