A quantitative estimate of the scale of agricultural civil engineering and an economical analysis of the irrigation customs

• Project/Area Number: 21530348
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Soka University
• Principal Investigator: KANZAKA Junichi 創価大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20267488)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 経済史 / 農業水利 / 日本近世 / 耕地面積 / 新田開発 / 水利慣行 / 近世日本 / 土地改良事業 / 経済史データベース / 勤勉革命 / エスター・ボズラップ / 耕地拡大 / 経済史データ・ベース

Research Abstract

This research has built a database, which shows how many acres of cultivated fields were created in various projects of agricultural civil engineering, such as irrigation, deforesting, and reclamation in Tokugawa Japan. The database reveals that fields expanded greatly in the periods 1598-1674, 1726-1736, and 1820-1873 ; these periods had not been distinguished by the existing estimates which are based only on the number of the projects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 「勤勉革命」とはなにか-『土地希少化と勤勉革命の比較史-経済史上の近世-』をめぐって (2011)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Journal Title: 経済史研究 Volume: 14 Pages: 253-265
• [Journal Article] 「勤勉革命」とは何か (2011)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Journal Title: 経済史研究 Volume: 14 Pages: 253-265
• [Presentation] Increasing crop yield without engaging in deforestation (2010)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: Ester Boserup Conference 2010 : a centennial tribute
  • Place of Presentation: Institute of Social Ecology Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-15
• [Presentation] 大島真理夫『土地希少化と勤勉革命』をめぐって (2010)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: 第59回経済史研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪経済大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-12
• [Presentation] Investment in land expansion in Tokugawa Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic and Business Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Year and Date: 2010-02-18
• [Presentation] Investment in land expansion in Tokugawa Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Junichi Kanzaka
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Victoria University, Wellington
• [Presentation] 『土地希少化と勤勉革命の比較史-経済史上の近世-』をめぐって (2010)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: 大阪経済大学・経済史研究会
• [Presentation] Increasing crop yield without engaging in deforestation : Land-saving and labor-and-capital-intensive agriculture in Tokugawa Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Junichi Kanzaka
  • Organizer: Ester Boserup Conference 2010 : a centennial tribute
• [Presentation] 徳川日本における土地改良投資 (2009)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: 第78回 社会経済史学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東洋大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-26
• [Presentation] 徳川日本における土地改良投資 (2009)
  • Author(s): 勘坂純市
  • Organizer: 第78回社会経済史学会全国大会