The History of the premodern publishment in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520225
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Hideki 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (60252409)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本近世文学 / 日本近世史 / 日本近世法制史 / 出版史 / 大坂本屋仲間記録 / 大阪本屋仲間記録

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research proves as follows.
The Edo Shogunate(幕府) had two ways to issue its regulations to people.One is to put up a Kosatsu (高札:street bulletin board) on which bans and notifications from bakufu(幕府) were written.The other is for the Machiyakunins (municipal officials) to assemble people and notify the regulations issued by the town magistrate office and others, such as 'machibure(町触)' (laws for merchants and artisans).The publishing laws of the Edo Shogunate are issued as machibure. But the laws issued by Kosatsu is higher level than the laws by Machibure. In Edo period,The publishing laws are the subsidiary regulations of one book marchant reguration on Kosatsu,which covers the manuscripts.
Meanwhile, I started to describe the history of the publisher's association in Osaka in the Edo period which is based on the historical records at first.

Free Research Field

日本近世文学