A historical study of monetary systems and local communities in early modern Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13758
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
• Research Institution: Doshisha University (2023); Kyushu Sangyo University (2020-2022); Kyushu University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Koga Yasushi 同志社大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50552709)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 貨幣史 / 地域社会 / 在来金融 / 制度的補完性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

One of the characteristics of the early modern Japan's monetary system was that it achieved diversity and integration at the same time. This research aimed to elucidate this seemingly contradictory state of the early modern Japan's monetary system by focusing on the complementary relationship between market and community in the space of local communities. The outbreak of Covid 19, which began in earnest in January 2020, forced a change in the research plan, but during the research period, 3 relevant papers and 6 oral reports were presented, mainly on the eastern Setouchi region.

Free Research Field

経済史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の学術的意義や社会的意義は、二つの点にまとめられる。一つは、世界史的に見てもユニークな展開を遂げたと考えられる近世日本の貨幣システムを理解するための視座として、地域社会における市場と共同体の補完的な関係性を本格的に導入した点である。もう一つは、これによって、東・東南アジアや南アジアの伝統社会における市場システムと共同体の関係を明らかにしてきた開発経済学など、他の隣接分野との横断的・学際的な研究に向けた議論拡張の可能性が開かれたことである。