2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Japanese Diaspora and the Slave Trade
| Project/Area Number |
26884019
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | Japanese Slaves / Chinese Slaves / Korean Slaves |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research I analyzed mainly Inquisition records conserved in archives held in Portugal and Mexico. Especially I focused on Perez family case, who are believed to be Jewish and stayed in Japan in the latter half of the 16th century. From the analysis of these records on this merchant family, I could clarify the existence of a converso mercantile society in Nagasaki and also slaves owned by them (including Japanese slaves). This research has been published as a monograph in English. Furthermore, I published other papers about Portuguese slavery in Japan and Asia. In these studies, I present many undiscovered documents about Japanese slaves all over the world and Japanese diasporas. A part of this study will be published as a monograph in Japanese.
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| Free Research Field |
Asian Slaves
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