1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A comparative study on the pre-modern societies of East Asia
| Project/Area Number |
08044004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Joint Research |
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| Research Field |
Asian history
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| Research Institution | THE INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL CULTURE,UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAJIMA Hiroshi Institute of oriental culture, University of Tokyo, professor, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (20130099)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KURODA Akinobu University of Tokyo, Institute of oriental Culture, associate professor, 東洋文化研究所, 助教授 (70186542)
ADACHI Keiji Kumamoto University, Faculty of Humanities, professor, 文学部, 教授 (70128247)
TANAKA Seiji Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Humanities, professor, 人文学部, 教授 (80116730)
MIZUMOTO Kunihiko University of Kyoto Prefecture, Faculty of Humanities, professor, 文学部, 教授 (60108363)
NAKAMURA Satoshi University of Fukui Prefecture, Graduate School of Economics, 大学院・経済経営学研究科, 教授 (20025191)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Keywords | East Asia / pre-modern period / Chinese gentry / Yang-ban / shift to modern societies / land system / market system / rain dance |
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| Research Abstract |
This project aims at gaining a new understanding about the relation between the tradition and the future of East Asia societies. For this purpose we have studied of the period of pre-moderntimes ; Ming and Ching China, the Lee Dynasty of Korea, and Tokugawa Japan in comparative perspectives. We newly gained many viewpoints as belows :
(1) We have gained deeper understanding about the common features and the differences of the elite class in traditional societies of East Asia ; Chinese Shi-da-fu (***), Korean Yang-ban (**), and Japanese Bu-shi(**).
(2) For the deeper grasping of East Asian societies we have tried several studies in comparative perspective, for example, land system and land register system, money and market system, and a rain dance ets..
(3) We commonly recognized that traditional systems had much influence upon the response against Western impact in the nineteenth century.
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