2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Anthropological reexamination of Nagaoka feudal clan Makino family

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Project/Area Number	20H01375
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 03060:Cultural assets study-related
Research Institution	Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Principal Investigator	NARA TAKASHI 新潟医療福祉大学, リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (30271894)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	大野憲五佐賀大学, 医学部, 助教 (00635568) 吉田皓文新潟医療福祉大学, 医療技術学部, 助教 (00845688) 佐宗亜衣子新潟医療福祉大学, リハビリテーション学部, 助教 (10532658) 波田野悠夏東北大学, 学際科学フロンティア研究所, 助教 (10907504) 米田穣東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (30280712) 戸坂明日香京都芸術大学, 文明哲学研究所, 准教授 (40894548) 安達登山梨大学, 大学院総合研究部, 教授 (60282125) 鈴木敏彦東北大学, 歯学研究科, 准教授 (70261518) 川久保善智佐賀大学, 医学部, 助教 (80379619)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	大名墓 / 遺伝子解析 / 安定同位体 / 鉛汚染 / 近世考古学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The remains of the Makino family, feudal lords of Nagaoka, were excavated and studied in 1983, and were reexamined using techniques and research methods that were not common at the time of the excavation, such as 3D measurements, DNA analysis, stable isotope analysis, and lead analysis. At the same time, replicas of all the skulls and facial reconstruction models were made for the purpose of promoting anthropology in the future. In order to help the general public easily understand the aristocratic traits seen in the faces of the ruling class, including the Tokugawa Shogunate at the time, known as lordly faces, two special exhibitions were held where the skull replicas and facial reconstruction models were displayed side by side, and a public symposium was also held in Nagaoka, which has ties to the Nagaoka domain, to widely publicize the results of the research.
Free Research Field	自然人類学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	生没年ならびに血縁関係の判明している江戸時代歴代藩主ならびに正室の遺骨の学際的総合調査は、おそらく本邦で初の試みであり、それぞれの研究成果は学術的に高いばかりでなく、江戸時代の支配階級の実態を総合的に把握できたことは近世史研究に多大の貢献をしたと思われる。さらに復顔した模型を展示しながら研究成果を一般に分かり易く説明する公開シンポジウム開催したことにより自然人類学、ならびに考古学、文献史学の研究成果の融合を示し、史料研究に限定されがちな歴史研究の新た方向性を一般市民にも理解されたものと思われる。