Household and Life Course in Early Modern Northeastern Japan: Comparison of Nihonmatsu and Murayama Regions

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330165
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Reitaku University
• Principal Investigator: KUROSU Satomi 麗澤大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20225296)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKADA Aoi 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (50246005) ; TAKAHASHI Miyuki 立正大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50361845) ; HIRAI Shoko 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (30464259)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 歴史人口学 / 家族 / 世帯 / 宗門人別改帳 / イベントヒストリー分析 / 東北

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study compares demographic and family patterns in two regions of northeastern Japan---Nihonmatsu (present Fukushima prefecture) and Murayama (present Yamagata prefecture). With the use of population registers, we constructed multi-generational panel data that span over 200 years between 1678-1870. We found significant differences in the population trends between and within the regions. Those areas with ever-increasing trends were due mainly to higher levels of fertility and in-migration. Event history analysis further revealed that beyond the difference in aggregate levels of mortality, migration, and marriage, that were found between a town and agricultural villages, there were amazing similarities in the determinants of these demographic events that were often shaped by the logic of the stem family system.

Free Research Field

社会学