study on the developnemt of statistical survey system in modern Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26285074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Masahiro 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (80178772)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MORI Hiromi 法政大学, 日本統計研究所, 教授 (40105854) ; UWAFUJI Ichiro 静岡大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00281494) ; OZEKI Manabu 岡山大学, 大学院社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (90345455)
• Research Collaborator: KOBAYASHI Yoshiyuki 総務省, 統計研究研修所, 教授 (80553643) ; YAMAGUCHI Kozo 京都大学, 大学院農学研究科, 准教授 (10436751)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 統計調査 / 近代国家 / 統計学史 / 統計資料論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The statistical survey system was introduced to Japan in the early Meiji era, with which the state could obtain information about nation and social and natural circumstances under its control.　The aim of this project is to explore following two points. Firstly, how did the government officials recognise and use the statistical surveys? Secondly, how did the ordinary people understand the surveys and answer the questionnaires? Answering these questions, this project successfully revealed that the statistical data became reliable after 1889 in Japan.

Free Research Field

統計調査制度史