2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Research of the social economic and cultural history of the shipping business and harbor in the northeastern provinces Pacific coast area of Japan in the 19th century.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	12610341
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Tohoku Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	SAITO Yoshiyuki Tohoku gakuin University, The department of economics, Assistant Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (00196023)
Project Period (FY)	2000 – 2002
Keywords	Marine entrepreneur history / Marine commerce history / Harbor city history / Ship history / Japanese economic history / Maritime historical documents / Japanese modern ages history / Northeast Pacific Coast area of Japan
Research Abstract	I discovered the foundation historical documents about the shipping business with the marine entrepreneurs who active in northeast Pacific coast in the 19th century. I made the database of those historical documents. 1) Takeyamaya is the ship-owner merchant of Ishinomaki-city. I decoded about 500 documents of the Takeyamaya. 2) Tannoya is the shipping agent of Shiogama-city. I decoded about 100 documents of the Tannoya. 3) Abeya is ship-owner merchant of Ogatu-town. I decoded about 300 documents of the Abeya.

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