Restoration basis research of "Okumuki" structure in Early Modern Satsuma feudal clan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770239
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: SATOU HIROYUKI 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 准教授 (50599339)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 薩摩藩 / 島津家 / 奥向

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, of the same period in the Satsuma feudal clan, that to be analyzed multiple diaries that have been created in the hands of different people, to understand and restore the human and organizational and historical specific overall picture of "Okumuki" structure aimed.
To analyze the 38 books of the diary by 12 people of the hand, it was able to clear the exchange relationship of relatives from the ritual-gift. In addition, from the fact that historical materials related to the clan had been transcribed, rather than the organization that "Okumuki" itself became independent, it was functioning as a "political mechanism" that complement each other in the table direction and mutual became clear.

Free Research Field

日本近世史