Re-examination the Role of the Younger Brother in "IE" in Early Modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24820027
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	Kanou Ayuko 神戸大学, 経済経営研究所, 助教 (00634346)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥419,312 (Direct Cost: ¥322,548、Indirect Cost: ¥96,764) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥79,656 (Direct Cost: ¥61,274、Indirect Cost: ¥18,382) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥79,656 (Direct Cost: ¥61,274、Indirect Cost: ¥18,382) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Keywords	家 / 家業 / 家族役割 / 豪農経営 / 二男三男 / 当主の弟 / 非相続人 / 家産 / 日本史
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is re-examination the role of the younger brother in “IE” in early modern Japan. It is believed that the family head was be representative of “IE”. The younger brother was not full-fledged member of society but assistant of the family head. However, this theory is ideological thinking and it has yet to be shown the primary source. I aim to re-examination this theory on the basis of the primary source―the letter and the diary. Here we found that the younger brother was in position to assistance of the family head in the private way.But he was unable to be representative of “IE” and his family member, and to perform the legal act.