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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

National Market and Local Market viewed from the Activities of Merchants -from the Tempo Era to the Second World War-

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07303009
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section総合
Research Field Economic history
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

ISHII Kanji  Univ. of Tokyo, Fac. of Economics, Professor, 大学院・経済学研究科, 教授 (20012122)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAMURA Naofumi  Univ. of Saitama, Fac. of Economics, Associate Prof., 経済学部, 助教授 (60262086)
YAMADA Takehisa  Nara Industrial Univ., Fac. of Economics, Lecturer, 経済学部, 講師 (10243148)
TAJIMA Yoshiya  Univ. of Kanagawa, Junior College, Professor, 短期大学部, 教授 (40201610)
OKADA Mitsuyo  Prefectural Univ. of Osaka, Fac. of Economics, Associate Prof., 経済学部, 助教授 (70213949)
NAKANISHI Satoshi  Univ. of Hokkaido, Fac. of Economics, Associate Prof., 経済学部, 助教授 (20251457)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
KeywordsMerchant / national market / local market / shipping / business in rice / sardine fertilizer / herring fertilizer / invest in stocks
Research Abstract

1. We have carried out investigations six times on the historical materials kept by the Hiroumi family who had been engaged in domestic shipping and trade in rice and fertilizer at Kaizuka in Osaka Prefecture. We have taken photographs of the main account books and put the business letters into our special envelopes.
2. Having analyzed these historical materials, we found out many interesting facts. Firstly, Kaizuka Port, which prospered as a trading center for rice and fertilizer after the 1830s, began to decline in the 1880s because of the inadequateness for steamships. Secondly, the returns from the trade decreased after the 1890s as the Hiroumi family changed their way of trade from selling on commissions to selling on their own accounts. Thirdly, the Hiroumi family, who began to invest their money in the joint-stock companies in the 1880s, increased their investments during the boom in the 1910s so that the amount of the returns from the investments in the stocks overwhelmed those from the trade in fertilizer. In short, we found out the fact that the merchants grown in the Tokugawa Era not only developed the market economy but also financed the joint-stock companies in modern Japan.

  • Research Products

    (2 results)

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All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 中西聡: "近世・近代期北前船商人の経営展開" 斉藤善之編『新しい近世史3 市場と民間社会』. 389-428 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] NAKANISHI,Satoshi: "Kinsei-Kindaiki kitamae shonin no Keiei Tenkai (The Development of the Business of the Kitamae Shipping Merchants in the 19th Century)" SAITO,Yoshiyuki (ed.) "Atarashii Kinseishi (New History of Edo Era)" Vol. 3, Shinnihon-orai-sha. (1996)

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

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Published: 1999-03-09  

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