抄録
There are traditional autonomous organizations called Keiyaku-kou which have been organized by inhabitants in Tohoku region. The chanting of Noh text has been sung as an important element at the end of the general meeting since the Edo era in the Nagao Keiyaku-kou in Kitakamicho, Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi prefecture. In this paper the author considers about the effect of the chanting of Noh text sung by the members of the Keiyaku-kous in this area. While people say the chanting of Noh text has an educational effect as they call “The 15 virtues of the chanting of Noh text”, the author discovered that the chanting of Noh text sung as the group had a possibility of contributing for the formation of a community. It is the reason why the author considers the chanting of Noh text sung as the group has four necessary elements for the formation of a community, which are (1)scale of the number of people in a group, (2)sense of cooperation, (3)individual autonomy and (4)courtesy. In the Nagao Keiyaku-kou the chanting of Noh text has been working in order to create and continue ‘NAKAMA’ (fellows) relationship in the community. The author proposes a new viewpoint creating a community indirectly by using traditional KANSEI like the chanting of Noh text.
