2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
TOTAL STUDY ABOUT A LARGE-SCALE "Gono" (rich farmers) AND LOCAL SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY
| Project/Area Number |
16520381
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Yamagata University |
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Principal Investigator |
IWATA Kotaro Yamagata University, Literature and Social Sciences, PROFESSOR, 人文学部, 教授 (30184881)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | "Gono" (rich farmers) / regional society / 19th century / economic history / Murayama-gun / Horigome Shiroubei / management / nation-wide market |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I examine the structure of regional society in Japan in the 19th century. The purpose of this re- search is to promote the study of regional society, which has been vigorously pursued recently in the field of pre-modern history from the perspective of economic history. It is an examination, in particular, of the manner in which "Gono" (rich farmers involved land ownership, financial business, production and commerce) consolidated and restructured political and economic aspects of regional society.
I pursue the study citing as an example the family of Horigome Shiroubei, who lived in Yachi-go, Murayama-gun, in the land of Dewa (the present Kahoku-cho, Nishi-murayamarun, Yamagata Prefecture). The Horigome family, a large-scale "Gono" (rich farmers) family that held economic sway over the society of the region, undertook wide-ranging business activities while cooperating with village representatives and "Goyado" in Murayama-gun.
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