1988 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A study of the Satake Nankes records in the Akita Clan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	62510183
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	AKITA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Principal Investigator	TAKAHASI Hideo Liberal arts Professor, 一般科目(文化), 教授 (60042272)
Project Period (FY)	1987 – 1988
Keywords	Akita Clan / Satake Nankes records / Satake Nankes diary / Bakuhan social system
Research Abstract	this is a studay of the Satake Nankes records in the Akita Clan. A series of the Satake Nankes diary for 200 years-from hhe latter half of the 17th century till the latter half of the 19th-are preserved. 1 So I took the records on microfilm, made resarch into the records and analyzedthem about nextpoints: (1) the contents of the diary. (2) the difference of the contents with the change of the times. (3) society, economy, goverment and culture given by the diary. 2 I analyzed these matters on a large scale and this analysis will contribute to the study of the Akita Clan in the Edo era. 3 I am going to publish this study as a thesis and write a book.