A research on historical documents concerned with Kinmochi Saionji

Research Project

Project/Area Number	11610358
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	OZEKI Motoaki Ritsumeikan University College of Letters Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40211825)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	YAMAZAKI Yuko Ritsumeikan University College of Letters Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (00262056) AKAZAWA Shiro Ritsumeikan University College of Laws Professor, 法学部, 教授 (80202513) HONGO Masatsugu Ritsumeikan University College of Letters Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70202306) 鈴木良立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (70179274)
Project Period (FY)	1999 – 2000
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000) Fiscal Year 2000: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 1999: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Keywords	Kinmochi, Saionji / Japanese Modern history / Politicians / Historical documents / 立憲政友会 / 政党政治 / 政治史料(書簡) / 日本近世史 / 政治史 / 歴史史料 / 書簡 / 元老 / 公家 / 政党
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research was following; 1. Decipfer the collection of letters which was written to Kinmochi Saionji (one of the most important politicians in Japanese Modern history). Because most of the collection was written in unique running style. 2. Presume the date when the letter was written, so that the scholer who study on Japanese modern history can easily use these letters as their documents. 3. Publish all the collection with comentary. The result of this research is following; 1. The collection of letters include some important political informations on Keien Jidai (period from last of Meiji era to early Taisho era). 2. The collection of letters also include some important political information on Rikken Seiyuukai (one of the main parties in Japanese Modern history).