A Study on the Land Transaction Practice in Modern Japan

• Project/Area Number: 20580230
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agro-economics
• Research Institution: Utsunomiya University
• Principal Investigator: OGURI Yukiteru Utsunomiya University, 農学部, 教授 (50160461)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 農業史

Research Abstract

This study aimed to clarify when and how the land repurchasing practice which land sellers repurchase lands from their buyers after refunding money established and how it developed. This practice established after the approval of land sales in 1872. Some buyers resold to help sellers succeed their family estates, others resold to get high interests. The former declined as the significance of the help faded, the latter remained in existence to 1930s.