Project/Area Number |
22720241
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Japanese history
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Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
Principal Investigator |
SUGI Takeshi 一橋大学, 附属図書館, 助手 (40456306)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | 近世史 / 文化史 / 天変 / 天文 / 彗星 / 日食 / 藩主 / 日本史 |
Research Abstract |
This study examined the attitudes of rulers of Tokugawa Japan toward solar eclipses and comets. The conclusions drawn from this study are as follows :(1) Hanshu as well as Tenno and Tokugawa Shogun avoided exposing themselves to the sun during solar eclipses.(2) Tsuchimikado Harechika, the Onmyo no kami of the early 19^<th> century, discarded the traditional view of comets under the influence of astronomers around him.(3) Readers of the influential astronomical text Tenkei wakumon(Chinese : Tianjing huowen) ranged from Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8^<th> Tokugawa Shogun, to village headmen.
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