Abstract
The result of the survey on agricultural settlement conducted in 2000 showed amazing change in rural society. In this paper, I will focus on the episode occurred in the process of such changes of rural survey in the 1960s and 1970s, and consider the meaning of change of “the spirit of MURA.” In the final section, I will introduce special marriage customs seen in the Tohoku region, and attempt to clarify one of the original patterns of MURA spirit.
Keyword: Specialization of an agricultural settlement, Polarization, Traditional custom life, Friction with new farming management, Succession of IE, The original patterns of MURA spirit.
