A study of political structure of the Tokugawa shogunate in terms of The Sokkin(shogunal intimates)

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23720322
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: FUKUTOME Maki 長崎大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60549517)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 徳川幕府 / 徳川将軍 / 将軍側近 / 幕府官僚 / 柳沢吉保 / 田沼意次 / 水野忠友

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed political power and structure of the Tokugawa shogunate in terms of a relationship between the Sokkin(shogunal intimates) and the structure of Tokugawa shogunate government officials.
2014 is the 300th anniversary of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu’s death. Therefore I have had many opportunities of publishing and making presentations on my study. I picked up several shogunal intimates focusing on Tanuma Okitugu and Mizuno Tadatomo in this study of the Sokkin in the later Edo period, who are considered to have taken big political power, because they had dual roles as the Sobayonin(agents of Tokugawa Shogun) and Roju(senior counselors).

Free Research Field

日本近世政治史