This is a questionnaire given to university students. 大学生に対するアンケート.
Do you agree with the following: あなたの意見は、次のような考え方と一致しますか.
Question 問い
- Deities reside in mountains and rivers, trees and plants and the like. 山や川、草や木にはカミが宿っている.
- If you do not purify (bless) automobiles, boats, airplanes and the like an accident may occur. 自動車や船、飛行機などはお祓いをしないと事故が起こる.
- A rice deity resides in the rice plant. 稲には稲のカミがいる.
- A rice deity resides in the rice paddy. 田園には田のカミがいる.
- Mistreating or killing animals causes supernatural retribution. 動物をいじめたり殺したりするとたたりがある.
- Not giving prayers and offerings to the dead causes supernatural retribution. 亡くなられた方(死者)の霊魂に供養しないとたたりがある.
- Nature has a “life” and is alive. 自然は「いのち」をもって生きている.
- Everything on earth exists for human use (to serve humans). 地球上の全てのものは人間に利用されるためにある.
- People are one part of nature. 人間も自然の一部である.
Survey of 54 Tohoku Gakuin University undergraduates (June 7, 2022)
2022年6月7日のアンケート(東北学院大学)回答者54名
回答 Answer:
- 57%
- 22%
- 43%
- 35%
- 80%
- 70%
- 85%
- 0%
- 65%
Survey of 52 Tohoku Gakuin University undergraduates (May 5, 2017)
2017年5月5日のアンケート(東北学院大学)回答者52名
回答 Answer:
- 62%
- 29%
- 42%
- 40%
- 85%
- 69%
- 81%
- 2%
- 67%
Survey of 68 Kanazawa University undergraduates (October 10, 2012)
2009年10月10日のアンケート(金沢大学)回答者68名
- 85%
- 41%
- 59%
- 59%
- 94%
- 87%
- 97%
- 0%
- 75%
*Questions 1-9 are based on another researcher’s questionnaire. Unfortunately, I have misplaced that researcher’s name and findings. I will post that information as soon as I find it.
While for many of the questions we may be seeing an overall decrease in affirmative responses, we can observe an enduring respect for nature (Q8) and a recognition that the respondents feel that they are linked to nature (Q9) despite an ongoing distancing from agricultural activities.