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Empirical analysis of merchant populations and participation of the government in early modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370787
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Japanese history
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

yamamuro kyoko  東京工業大学, 工学院, 教授 (00158239)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小笠原 浩太  千葉大学, 法政経学部, 助教 (00733544)
イ チャンミン  福岡県立大学, 人間社会学部, 講師 (50632436)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords江戸商人 / 株 / 流動性 / 公儀 / 江戸 / 商人 / 栄養摂取 / 参入と退出 / 番組編成
Outline of Final Research Achievements

After creating and analyzing a database of 3,939 Edo merchants, we found that their situation was very different from the prevailing view: namely, an extremely intense entry and exit with a mean continuance of 15.7 years, and an exchange of trade rights (“stocks”) not through blood relationships but through money.
Additionally, based on an analysis of business types and shop locations, we found a bipolarized structure, with shops trading in daily necessities such as charcoal and rice having expanded widely throughout all of Edo, while shops trading in luxury goods such as dry goods and medicines were concentrated in the vicinity of Nihonbashi.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Public health improvements and mortality in interwar Tokyo: a Bayesian disease mapping approach.2016

    • Author(s)
      Kota Ogasawara, Shinichiro Shirota, and Genya Kobayashi
    • Journal Title

      Cliometrica

      Volume: - Pages: 1-33

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Nutrition and diseases in the low-income households in Tokyo in 19302016

    • Author(s)
      Kota Ogasawara, Kaito Kojima, and Tatsuki Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Discussion Paper,Social engineering,Tokyo Tech

      Volume: 2016-4 Pages: 1-50

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Geographically Weighted Small Area Estimation Using Natural Exponential Family2015

    • Author(s)
      Shonosuke Sugasawa, Yuki Kawakubo, and Kota Ogasawara
    • Journal Title

      Department of Social Engineering, TITECH Discussion Paper Series

      Volume: 2015-01 Pages: 1-21

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Child labor and maternal labor supply in agricultural households in interwar Japan2014

    • Author(s)
      Kota Ogasawara
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会春期大会
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学・京都府
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-14 – 2014-06-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 大江戸商い白書2015

    • Author(s)
      山室恭子
    • Total Pages
      227
    • Publisher
      講談社
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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