There are many similarities between the Northeast Asian cultural circle and Japanese culture. Linguistic vocabulary, beliefs, and many cultural characteristics that have attracted the attention of scholars for many years. Unfortunately, few researchers compare all these similarities in comprehensive research. In this article, I focus on women social status, the color preference, and spread of food to capture the ancient homology between Tungus Manchu and the Japanese islands. Today, most of scholars in the world pay more attention to the similarity of morphemes or the trajectory of human migration in genetics and archeology. On this basis, I try to introduce anthropological analysis methods into this research, and use multi-disciplinary resources to re-examine the fit of ancient cultures on both sides of the Sea of Japan. There are three parts in this short article to argue my opinion and study. The first is to focus on the status of women in Manju (Jurchen) society and compare them with women in Japanese history as priestess, especially political and religious influence on their position and function in social life. Secondary, the preference for the use of white color is also a very similar cultural phenomenon on both sides of the Sea of Japan. And connecting these two is the Shaman of Manju and Miko of Japan. Third, by combining the two clues of linguistic analysis and food dissemination, it examines the high degree of compatibility between these two civilizations in history.
Keywords: shamanism, Šaman, Ko-shinto, Shinto, Miko, matrilineal clan society, women status, female priest, Manju, white color, Miso
DOI: 10.22250/20728662_2022_3_94
About the author
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Dr. Kaihe Aisin Gioro – Visiting Collaborative Researcher, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University; |