A Comprehensive Study Concerning the Functions of the Hyoujousho in the Early Modern Edo Shogunate

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530002
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Fundamental law
Research Institution	Tohoku University (2012) Chiba University (2010-2011)
Principal Investigator	SAKAMOTO Tadahisa 東北大学, 大学院・法学研究科, 教授 (60241931)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	評定所 / 江戸幕府 / 司法
Research Abstract	In addition to analyzing extant judicial statistics from the Hyoujousho of the Edo Shogunate, by elucidating issues that despite heretofore having been vaguely understood continue to be of an essential nature, this study attempts to put forth suggestions as to how best to understand the boundaries and characteristics of the judicial system within the society of the early modern period. By way of a careful analysis of documents that have recently come to light, this inquiry concludes both that the incidence of “litigation" was remarkably frequent, and that the judiciary and administration had indeed not yet been distinguished at the time in question.