Urban Historical Study on the Land Register in Provincial Castle Towns of Early Meiji Era

• Project/Area Number: 15K14098
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: MINOURA EIKO 九州大学, 人間環境学研究院, 助教 (70567338)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 城下町 / 近代移行期 / 土地所有 / 土地利用 / 地租改正 / 福岡 / 博多 / GIS

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of land ownership and land use in the modern transition period by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing the land register in provincial castle towns of early Meiji era. I was able to create a database for the land register, reconstructed the map for the land register, and GIS data for the land register using all the land registers in Fukuoka castle town at the beginning of the Meiji era. I made it possible visualizing the whole land register and providing one of the basic data for urban history research in Fukuoka castle town.