2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Empirical analysis of merchant populations and participation of the government in early modern Japan
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26370787
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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 |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 江戸商人 / 株 / 流動性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
After creating and analyzing a database of 3,939 Edo merchants, we found that their situation was very different from the prevailing view: namely, an extremely intense entry and exit with a mean continuance of 15.7 years, and an exchange of trade rights (“stocks”) not through blood relationships but through money.
Additionally, based on an analysis of business types and shop locations, we found a bipolarized structure, with shops trading in daily necessities such as charcoal and rice having expanded widely throughout all of Edo, while shops trading in luxury goods such as dry goods and medicines were concentrated in the vicinity of Nihonbashi.
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| Free Research Field |
日本近世史
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