2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigative research on wood as a material for Japanese architecture - standardized wood in the early modern period and the actual situation of production, distribution and consumption
Project/Area Number |
18K04534
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
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Research Institution | Kyoto Institute of Technology |
Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Kousuke 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 助教 (20293988)
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Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 近世京都 / 丹波材 / 在郷商人 / 大堰川流通 / 材木規格 / 材木流通 / 材木生産 / 都市商人 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Lumber distribution in Kyoto was characterized by the fact that producers reigned at the top of the system of production (local lumber merchants), distribution (raft wholesalers), and markets (three lumber markets) throughout the early modern period. In other words, it continued to be an organization based on landlord forestry without the advance of city capital. Such a situation is thought to be characteristic since the Middle Ages. In addition, standardization of materials was maintained throughout the early modern period, and general materials tended to be set at low prices. In the event of a disaster, public price adjustments were also made by the domain. In addition, with the development of the money economy, the domain used the surplus of tribute materials as commercial materials to earn monetary income. It is a characteristic of Kyoto that local merchants with local ties had a strong influence and it was difficult for urban merchants to enter the market.
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Free Research Field |
日本建築史
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
学術意義としては、近世京都の材木流通の実態調査を行う視点として、具体的な規格材に着目することで、流通量と価格の歴史的変遷の特徴が明らかになったことに、本研究の独自性がある。また災害時の価格調整が確認できたことから、近世の政治の公共的な側面を指摘することも出来た。社会的意義としては、材木の多量な国内需要を国内生産のみで賄い得た理由の一つとして、地縁的商人共同体による影響力の強さを指摘できた。即ち地縁を主眼に置くことで、計画的林業が為され、かつ大量消費を促す都市商人進出が防衛された。この様な地縁に基づく経済観念は、グローバリズム経済とは別の経済機構として、現代社会を再考する一助となり得ると考える。
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