A study on the Reconstruction ot Jori Land Division System and Manor villages

Research Project

Project/Area Number	07801048
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	HATTORI Hideo Kyushu University, Graduate School ot Social and Cultural Studies, Professor, 大学院・比較社会文化研究科, 教授 (60107521)
Project Period (FY)	1995 – 1996
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000) Fiscal Year 1996: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000) Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywords	place name / shikona / historical sight / joro land division system / manor village / ao irrigation / mapping ot historical place name / folk place name / アオ灌漑 / 地名(通称地名) / ゆうじゃく(正じゃく) / 名(みょう)地名
Research Abstract	I and investigaters have collected about 15,000 folk place names. or in Saga dialect, "shikona, "in the Saga plains by intervewing farmers of 700 villages. subsection place names of villages in Saga Prefecture were adopted during the land tax refrom of 1873-1881. Shikonas, on the other hand, have been historical place names sometimes seen in historical documents. Now that the shikonas are mapped and available they are usuful as a material for history studies : the shikonas made it possible to reconstruct jori land division system and medieval manor villages. Eor example ; 1) shikonas related to tsubo, a unit of jori system, have made it possible to reconstruct jori system of each county, 2) manor shikonas such as "Yojaku", or farmland managed directly by a manor lord, tell us field reclaiming processes, 3) thanks to shikonas and historical documens, it came to light that the ao or fresh-water-on-tide irrigation arcas of present-day were aiso watered by ao irrigation even during the medieval period, and 4) we can also reconstruct modern villages by means of shikonas related to gates, feudal lord's notice boards, gunpowder storages, etc. I have thus attained my objects, and compiled shikonas as a new material for history studies.