2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A STUDY ON HISTORICAL MATERIALS FORMERLY POSSESSED BY KOBFUKUJI TEMPLE RELATION AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KOMONJO(古文書、DOCUMENTS)AND KOKIROKU(古記録 RECORDS)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17520423
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Ochanomizu University
Principal Investigator	TSUGUO YASUDA Ochanomizu University, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES, PROF (60126191)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	UEJIMA Susumu KYCYTO PREFUNIV, FACULTY OF LITERATURE, ASSOC. PROF (60285244) SUEGARA Yutaka TOKYO UNIV., HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, ASSOC. PROF (70251478) MAEGAWA Yuichiro TOKYO UNIV., HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, ASST. PROF (00292798)
Project Period (FY)	2005 – 2007
Keywords	KOHFUKUJI TEMPLE / SHIHAI-MONJO / ANCIENT RECORDS / DAIJOIN / MONSEKI / ANCIENT DOCUMENTS / BOKAN
Research Abstract	There are many ancient documents left today, treasured and taken care of in temples, shrines, old families, etc. They were selected to survive after they have done their job. On the contrary, much more documents were regarded not important, so they were disposed of. What is the difference between the two groups of documents beside "importance"? This is our question. We succeeded in collecting many shihai-monjO(紙背文書 documents once done away with, but later their reverse side utilized) from the Fukuchiin-ke Monjo(福智院家文書 Ancient Documents of Fukuchiin Family) at Kyoto City, in order to get some due for the problem. Shihai-monjo provide us with many hints on about what kind of materials we usually are struggling with.