A Study on Modernization of Town Community in Osaka

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26580130
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: 公益財団法人大阪市博物館協会(大阪文化財研究所、大阪歴史博物館、大阪市立美術館、大阪市立東洋陶磁美術
• Principal Investigator: IIDA Naoki 公益財団法人大阪市博物館協会(大阪文化財研究所、大阪歴史博物館、大阪市立美術館、, 大阪歴史博物館, 学芸員 (10332404)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 町 / 大阪 / 家屋敷 / 水帳 / 町会 / 近代 / 都市

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined what kind of transformation the community and town of the townspeople's status in early modern cities suffered after the Meiji era. In Osaka, in parallel with the opening of a parliament called the town council for each town in the three local new laws time (1878 - 1889), it turned out that the town lost the core function since the early modern period. Also, at the same time I heard that there was a certain change in the manner of town property, such as the abolition of the representatives who were property administrator of the town.
Based on the above results, if we were to organize the general problem areas to consider about the modernization of the town, including other cities, I think that it can be summarized into four points. (1) land ownership structure, (2) town property, (3) town community function, (4) congress and parliament.

Free Research Field

日本史