2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Rulers and Astronomy/Astrology in Tokugawa Japan
| Project/Area Number |
22720241
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGI Takeshi 一橋大学, 附属図書館, 助手 (40456306)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 近世史 / 文化史 / 天変 / 天文 / 彗星 / 日食 / 藩主 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examined the attitudes of rulers of Tokugawa Japan toward solar eclipses and comets. The conclusions drawn from this study are as follows :(1) Hanshu as well as Tenno and Tokugawa Shogun avoided exposing themselves to the sun during solar eclipses.(2) Tsuchimikado Harechika, the Onmyo no kami of the early 19^<th> century, discarded the traditional view of comets under the influence of astronomers around him.(3) Readers of the influential astronomical text Tenkei wakumon(Chinese : Tianjing huowen) ranged from Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8^<th> Tokugawa Shogun, to village headmen.
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