The economic policy during Edo period

• Project/Area Number: 23520804
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMURO Kyoko 東京工業大学, 社会理工学研究科, 教授 (00158239)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 幕府 / 貨幣改鋳 / 江戸商人 / 公儀 / 商人集団 / 米価

Research Abstract

The Edo period was a time of persistent economic development spanning around 260 years. In addition, it signaled the beginning of the Long Wave of Modernization. We use a new data set to show how long the Edo merchants survive and where to locate the business objective for survival. We found that the number of years of business survival of the Edo merchants was around 15 years on average.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 幕末における米価の暴落と暴騰に関する考察 (2014)
  • Author(s): 山室恭子・李昌玟
  • Journal Title: 日本文化研究 Volume: 49 Pages: 221-237
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cession, Succession and Business Continuation of Edo Merchants (2013)
  • Author(s): Lee Changmin and Kyoko Yamamuro
  • Journal Title: Department of Social Engineering, TITECH Discussion Paper Series Volume: No.2013-12 Pages: 1-15
  • URL: http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/info/docs/dp2013-12.pdf
• [Journal Article] Cession, Succession and Business Continuation of Edo Merchants (2013)
  • Author(s): Changmin Lee and Kyoko Yamamuro
  • Journal Title: Department of Social Engineering, TITECH Discussion Paper Series Volume: 2013-12 Pages: 1-15
• [Journal Article] お江戸の富の再分配 (2011)
  • Author(s): 山室恭子
  • Journal Title: 日本歴史 Volume: 763号 Pages: 36-53
  • NAID: 40019071148
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Book] 江戸の小判ゲーム (2013)
  • Author(s): 山室恭子
  • Total Pages: 191
  • Publisher: 講談社現代新書
• [Book] 江戸の小判ゲーム (2013)
  • Author(s): 山室恭子
  • Total Pages: 191
  • Publisher: 講談社