| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Although the Home Ministry was a key national organization in the pre-World War II period in Japan, researches have scarcely been made to grasp the whole picture of the organization. In order to overcome such a situation and formulate the new history of the Home Ministry, this study promoted the baseline research of the organization mainly during 1910s to 40s when the Home Ministry and internal affairs were reorganized and transformed.
Through two years of study, the following results were achieved. First, with the object of grasping the status of research on the Home Ministry and internal affairs, relevant books and articles were investigated, which were cataloged under the categories of general administration, officials, local administration, police administration, social administration, public health administration, shrine (religious) administration, public works administration, air defense administration, and overseas territories/borders, and the preparation for Web publication (pre
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liminary version) was completed. Secondly, in order to collect the personnel data of the Home Ministry officials, the database of personnel information of officials Who worked at the headquarters of the Home Ministry from 1887(Meiji 20) to 1943(Showa 18) were established based on the directory of government officials that the Cabinet issued, and the preparation for Web publication was completed. Thirdly, a research for historical sources, especially which central and other organizations own, was promoted with the aim of grasping the whereabouts of historical materials relating to the Home Ministry and internal affairs. Personal history data at the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room at the National Diet Library were particularly photocopied and collected to prepare a baseline for full-scale research. The whereabouts of the historical materials issued by the department of social affairs were researched and the list was made. Fourth, the〈new history of the Home Ministry〉study group was organized mainly with doctorate students, which deepened the research through fourteen study meetings and proceeded with cataloging of research literature and establishment of personnel data. Lecturers were invited from outside four times to obtain specialist knowledge on the baseline study. Fifth, documents about Hoichi Nakano, a Home Ministry official (local official) during the Taisho to the beginning of Showa Period, were obtained in the course of the study. By organizing and interpreting the documents, a new historical material was added to the study of the Home Ministry officials and internal affairs. Through the process above, the specific baseline for the formulation of the new history of the Home Ministry was solidified. Less
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