| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ABE Choichi Komazawa Univ. Faculty of Literature Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70052412)
ANDO Masuo Tokai Sangyo Junior College President Professor, 学長, 教授 (90064724)
GOTO Shinhachiro Takayama Junior College Professor, 教授 (30141401)
TAGA Akigoro Kokushikan Univ. Faculty of Literature Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10054892)
TSUBOUCHI Shoji Takayama Junior College Professor Emeritus, 名誉教授 (00106072)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥8,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥4,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The mountain range "Hida" is made up of some high mountains located in the center of Japan.
Our concern is to study the difference of the historical development,especially cultural one, between the eastern and western area.
In the latter half of 19 centuries "Meiji Ishin", when Japan was united in administrative organization, the area was called "Chikuma prefecture" for five years. But it was certainly unnatural policy that Hida Mountain Range and the eastern and western area of the mountains were united as the same region.No one knows the reason why it was done.
After that, the administrative division of the area were divided into two parts, the eastern area, and the western and mountain area.The different geographical conditions between two parts made all the difference in the development of transport and agriculture. And the scale of rice crop, sericulture and spinning, which were key industries in Japan, were also extremely different. In Shinano district located the east side of the mountains(the northern part of Nagano prefecture), agriculture, sericulture and spinning were developed from the early years of Meiji era, owing to peoples' high education and labor of good quality.
On the other hand, Hida district located the west side of the mountains(the northern part of Gifu Prefecture) were not developed so rapidly. In the area there were only a few commodities carried by men and horses through villages in the mountains centering around Takayama, and works in the forest. In addition, the area supplied girls' labor, which were extremely low value, to Shinano district. But after the development of transportation, such as the railway which was laid across the mountains from south to north and buses and cars which made use of the highway, Hida district has developed so rapidly as a sight-seeing area. We have researched about the process which people, who have lived in the area, have made efforts to look after their better lives.
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