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1987 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Nationl Unification Thriugh the Modern emperor System

Research Project

Project/Area Number 61450045
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Japanese history
Research InstitutionHokkaido Univetsity

Principal Investigator

NAGAI Hideo  Fac. of Literature, Hokkaido Univ., 文学部, 教授 (50000534)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KOCHI Shosuke  Fac. of Literature, Hokkaido Univ, 文学部, 助教授 (80013283)
INOUE Katsuo  Fac. of Literature, Hokkaido Univ., 文学部, 助教授 (90044726)
MATSUZAWA Koyo  Fac. of Law, Hokkaido Univ., 法学部, 教授 (10000655)
TUAHARA Tsuguo  Fac. of Literature, Hokkaido Univ., 文学部, 教授 (50000550)
TANAKA Akira  Fac. of Literature, Hokkaido Univ. (Yoshihara,Te), 文学部, 教授 (70000560)
Project Period (FY) 1986 – 1987
KeywordsTenno / The Emperor System / Meiji Restoration / National unification / The emperor's birthday (Tenchosetsu) / 天皇
Research Abstract

This research report is comprised of two parts,"The Meiji Restoration and International Relations" and "National Unification Through the Enperor System During the Earky Meiji Period. "The former examines the ways in which international relations both facilitated national unification under the emperor system and characterized the way in which that unification took place. The latter looks at the practices surrounding the holiday for the emperor's birthday (Tenchosetsu), established after the meiji Restoration, and demonstrates the process by which the common people's traditional festival customs and enperor-worship practices were given a national form.
The shock of international relations served to facilitate Japanese national unification in the following ways. First, because the foreign threat was not immediate, a coordinated response was possible. Second, Japan at the time was already basically prepares undertake political centralization and economic development. Third, it was, accordingly, possible to manipulate the foreign threat to promote national unification.
From the beginning, events commemorating the emperor's birthday combined court and government ceremonies with the celebrations of ordinary citizens. Foreign diplomats offered advice on the planning of those ceremonies, and indeed prefrctures like Kanagawa and Nagasaki, with their open ports, held the most lavish celebrations. This is one example of the way international relations were utilized to give a modern face to emperor-woeship practices.

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All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 永井秀夫: 地域史研究はこだて. 3. 1-12 (1986)

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  • [Publications] 田中彰: 朝日百科日本の歴史. 93. 132-136 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 田中彰: 朝日百科日本の歴史. 93. 156-160 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 井上勝生: 朝日百科日本の歴史. 92. 100-108 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 井上勝生: 朝日百科日本の歴史. 93. 149-154 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 遠山茂樹編, 永井秀夫: "『近代天皇制の成立』維新政府の対外問題" 岩波書店刊, 20-50 (1987)

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  • [Publications] 田中彰: "明治維新観の研究" 北海道大学図書刊行会, 370 (1987)

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  • [Publications] Nagai,Hideo: "The international issues in the government of Meiji Restoration." "Kindai Tennosei no Seiritsu" (comp.by Toyama,Shigeki). 20 - 50 (1987)

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  • [Publications] Nagai,Hideo: "The democratic novement in Hakoda to region." "Chiikishikenkyu Hakodate". 3. 1 - 12 (1986)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka,Akira: "The European advance into Asia and Japan." "Asahihyakka, History of Japan". 93. 132 - 136 (1988)

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  • [Publications] Inoue,Katsuo: "The rise of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa and Hizen." "Asahi hyakka, History of Japan". 92. 100 - 108 (1988)

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  • [Publications] Inoue,Katsuo: "The Imperial Court and the Shogunate." "Asahi hyakka, History of Japan". 93. 149 - 154 (1988)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka,Akira: Hokkaidodaigakutoshokankokai Hokkaidodaigakutoshokankokai. Study on views of Meiji Restoration, 370 (1987)

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