2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A basic study on merchants and craftsmen in mediaeval Nara town

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520569
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	YASUDA Tsuguo Ochanomizu University, 大学院・人間文化創成科学研究科, 教授 (60126191)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SUEGARA Yutaka 東京大学, 史料編纂所, 准教授 (70251478) MAEGAWA Yuichiro 東京大学, 史料編纂所, 助教 (00292798)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	UEJIMA Susumu 京都府立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (60285244)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	奈良 / 寺院 / 商人 / 職人 / 紙背文書
Research Abstract	The main purpose of this study is to establish a solid foundation for further research on merchants and craftsmen in mediaeval Nara town. First, we have picked up as many merchants and craftsmen as possible from monjo (文書documents) and kiroku (記録records). Secondly, we have collected many shihai-monjo (紙背文書documents once done away with but later their reverse side utilized)from Fukuchiin-ke Monjo (福智院家文書Documents of Fukuchiin Family) which will be useful in researches hereafter. Thirdly, we have reached the idea that merchants and craftsmen are reciprocally connected with the temples and shrines, and are organized as a part of their ruling system which still kept its power over the provincial shoen (荘園manor) in Muromachi Period (室町時代).

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