A new study of codes and status system in early modern Japan:making use of the documents of shogunal officials

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00956
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Makihara Shigeyuki 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (20375520)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 新田 一郎 東京大学, 大学院法学政治学研究科(法学部), 教授 (40208252)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 日本近世 / 身分 / 法制史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The contents of the archives of the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law, Legal History Section, have been thoroughly reviewed and cataloged in detail. In relation to the task, I examined the meaning of the word "mibun" in the "Oshioki-reiruishu," a collection of precedents of the Tokugawa shogunate; the status of "Gokenin", Edo shogunate officials and their “Ie”; and the manner in which the shogunate issued the prohibition of luxuries in the first half of 17th century. The diary of the Tsushima clan's Edo domain residence elucidated how the clan's retainers coexisted with other Edo samurai and townspeople, and "Koho-sanrei," a collection of precedents of the shogunate was reprinted and introduced.

Free Research Field

日本近世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

東京大学法制史資料室所蔵史料のうち幕府役所関係史料について悉皆的な調査をすることで、そのうちいくつかの史料を活用して、江戸幕府御家人の採用のあり方から近世身分制を再考する成果を得たほか、「身分」の語義を検討することで近世社会の変容や近代の語義・学問への継承についての道筋を解明した。近世初期の奉公人法制や奢侈禁令、江戸藩邸家臣団を取り巻く法慣習に関する新しい位置づけを示し、法制史研究の見地を組み込んだ近世身分論の進展に寄与した。