The Formation of Thoughts and Military books in Early Modern Japan

2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 15021210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY
• Principal Investigator: WAKAO Masaki Hitotsubashi University, Graduate school of Social Sciences, assosiate professor, 大学院社会学研究科, 助教授 (80210855)
• Project Period (FY): 2003 – 2004
• Keywords: Book / Commercial publishing / thought processes / political common sense / Military books / transfiguration of society / political thought

Research Abstract

Commercial publishing was established in the 17th century in Japan. After publication, books spread rapidly throughout Japanese society and they provided common information from the ruler to the ruled.
This research studies the role books played in the thought processes of people in the Edo period (江戸時代). It clarifies the huge influence military books (gunsyo, 軍書), as well as medical books (isho 医書) and books on astronomy and almanacs ( tenmonrekisyo 天文暦書) had on the formation of political common sense and the cosmology of the people.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 東北の近世思想-安藤昌益 (2005)
  • Author(s): 若尾 政希
  • Journal Title: 白い国の詩 582 Pages: 4-9
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] 近世人の思想形成と書物-軍書と医薬・天文暦書を中心に (2005)
  • Author(s): 若尾 政希
  • Journal Title: ナオ・デ・ラ・チーナ 9 Pages: 28-38
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] The thought of the Tohoku region in Early Modern Japan (2005)
  • Author(s): Wakao Masaki
  • Journal Title: SHIROI KUNI NO UTA 582 Pages: 4-9
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] The Formation of Thoughts and Books in Early Modern Japan (2005)
  • Author(s): Wakao Masaki
  • Journal Title: Nao de la China 9 Pages: 28-38
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] A New View of Japanese History : Through the Prism of Diverse Historical Sciences (2004)
  • Author(s): Masashi Ugai, Shigehiro Kuramochi, Fumiko Sugimoto, Koji Miyataki, Masaki Wakao
  • Journal Title: University of Tokyo Press Pages: 248
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Book] 歴史をよむ (2004)
  • Author(s): 鵜飼政志, 蔵持重裕, 杉本史子, 宮瀧交二, 若尾政希共編
  • Total Pages: 248
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より