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¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Bibliographical notes were made on major stories on the Amakusa and Shimabara war chronicles. This will be a solid foundation on the subject.
"Amakusa-Gunki"(The War Chronicle of Amakusa) was reproduced. This tale is mainly based on "Genkannikki"(The Diary of Gen'kan), but it also refers to other documents, such as "Kanmeinikki"(The Diary of Kan'mei). These two diaries are little known and they should be the topic of future research.
Major documents on the Amakusa and Shimabara war chronicles were examined at the Cabinet Library. There are plenty of worthy documents to be reproduced.
Some major figures, like Mizuno Katunari, the Lord of Fukuyama, took active roles. They were leftovers of the Warring States period, taking their sons and grandsons with them to the battlefields.
On the riotors' side, there were a lot of Ronin or masterless samurai, and their presence led to major confrontation. Also on bakufu side, there were a lot of Ronin seeking new employment.
According to some tales, the Lord of the Tomioka Castle, Miyake Tobei, who was a grandson of Akechi Mitsuhide, who overthrew Oda Nobunaga, was very proud of his lineage, fought furiously and died in battle.
The Lord of Hosokawa, Hosokawa Tadatoshi, was also a grandson of Akechi Mitsuhide. The relationship of these two cousins had some major influence on some stories. (The son of Tobei later went into the House of Hosokawa.)
The House of Terasawa had to do a lot with the establishment of "Taiheikihyoban"(Evaluation of "Taiheiki"). You can see why the book was loaned to the House of Soma and copied at the time of the Riot of Shimabara.
There are a lot of documents on the chronicle of the Amakusa and Shimabara war, but there are a lot to be considered in future research, for example, the imaginary tale by Tamaru Gubo.
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