Comprehensive research on Marriage between samurai houses and court noble in the Edo Period

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16905
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: Ishida Shun 山口大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70711224)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 朝幕関係

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to clarify the reality of the marriage between court noble and samurai houses in the Edo period. Based on the historical materials of both samurai and court noble, we examined what the meaning of the marriage with the court noble was for each of the Tozama Daimyo, Ichimon Daimyo, and Fudai Daimyo.
As a result of this research, great results have been obtained especially for the Hagi domain who is a Tozama Daimyo and the Matsudaira family of the Matsue clan who is a Ichimon Daimyo. In the Edo period, the importance of the daimyo was to the relationship with the shogun, and publicly-married marriage may have had the purpose of deepening the relationship with the shogun by marrying court noble that had a connection with the shogun.

Free Research Field

日本近世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

上述のように、本研究では萩藩毛利家や松江藩松平家の事例から、公武婚には、将軍とつながりを有した公家と婚姻することで将軍との関係を深める目的があった可能性が高いことを明らかにできた。従来、公武婚については、朝廷権威や公家文化への憧憬と単線的に結びつけられる傾向があった。本研究の成果により、江戸時代における将軍と朝廷、および大名三者の関係について新たな知見を加えることができた。