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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of Kagawa Keizo

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01510209
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Japanese history
Research InstitutionKogakkan University

Principal Investigator

UENO Hideharu  Kogakkan University, Faculty of Literature, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (70072428)

Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1991
KeywordsKagawa Keizo / Documents and letters concerning Kagawa Keizo / Lord Steward to Her Imperial Majesty / Emperor Meiji / Empress Dowager Shoken / Iwakura Tomomi / Modernization of the Meiji Court
Research Abstract

The objective of this research was to elucidate the achievements of Kagawa Keizo, including the part he played in the Meiji Court and the contribution of the Court in the modernization of our country, mainly through the 24, 837 items of documents handed down in the families of his descendants. The results are as follows :
First, the career of Kagawa Keizo after the Meiji Restoration was shed light on and the tasks he concerned were nearly outlined.
Next, the influential part Keizo played in the Meiji Court was made clear. When the Emperor Meiji got into opposition to the government in 1884 to 85, Keizo, who had been in contact with both, pleaded with the Empress to make attempts to reconcile the opposition. His success as an undercover intermediary won him a greater confidence of both parties. He also saw to it that the Empress should complement the activities of the Emperor, taking into consideration, for example, what parts of the country Her Majesty should honor with her august visits. Moreover, he made sure that the Empress and the court ladies should not interfere in politics, while he took attentive care of the Imperial Families. Thus, he came to be more and more trusted by the Court. In conclusion, it may safely be said that Kagawa Keizo played an important role in founding an up-to-date court in which the Emperor is looked up to as a constitutional monarch, and the Empress and the other members of the Imperial Families support and complement the Emperor, and, consequently, in institutionalizing the court that can associate on equal footing with foreign countries.
But I regret to say that an elaborate study of the part the Meiji Court played in the modernization of Japan remains to be finished.

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All Other

All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 上野 秀治: "日露開戦直後の岩倉具定書簡" 史料(皇学館大学史料編纂所報). 100号. 1-4 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 上野 秀治: "岩倉学習院長後任問題について" 史料. 105号. 3-6 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 上野 秀治: "岩倉具視の贈位と宮中問題" 史料. 110号. 1-4 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 上野 秀治: "香川敬三宛岩倉具見視書簡" 皇学館大学紀要. 29輯. 97-194 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 上野 秀治: "明治期における東宮妃選定問題" 史料. 115号. 1-4 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Ueno, Hideharu: ""Iwakura Tomosada's Letters Just After the Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War"" Shiryo. No. 100. 1-4 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ueno, Hideharu: ""On the Complications Involved in Selecting the Successor of Iwakura Tomosada, President of Gakushuin"" Shiryo. No. 105. 3-6 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ueno, Hideharu: ""The Conferment of the Posthumous Court Rank on Iwakura Tomomi and the Problems in the Court"" Shiryo. No. 110. 1-4 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ueno, Hideharu: ""A Reprint of Iwakura Tomomi's Correspondences to Kagawa Keizo"" Bulletin of Kogakkan University. 29. 97-194 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ueno, Hideharu: ""On the Selection of the Crown Princess in the Meiji Period"" Shiryo. No. 115. 1-4 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1993-03-16  

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