2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The treatment of mentally ill people of large cities in Edo period
| Project/Area Number |
23530716
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
ITAHARA Kazuko 大阪体育大学, 健康福祉学部, 教授 (50390175)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 精神障害 / 江戸時代 / 都市問題 / 檻入 / 牢 / 非人制度 / 後見制度 |
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| Research Abstract |
With the expansion of commodity in Edo period,large cities were formed. In each city some public treatments of mentally ill people were established.In cities, the basic treatment was to make a cell at home and put mentally ill person within. When it was impossible to make a cell for his/her family members, they incarcerated in prison on the basis of a request to public officials. Cities required the space to confine mentally ill people and they used prison. In Osaka,there was a prison named as "ranki-ro"(prison for mad), in Sendai a treatment called "borrowing prison". It is presumed the use of prison for criminal punishment affected the recognition of mentally ill people in the following years.
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