The Fundamental Research on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns
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14510358
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJII Joji KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (40093306)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
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| Keywords | Edo Bakufu / the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment / Tokugawa Hidetada / diplomaticc / 古文書学 / 徳川秀忠 / 領地朱印状 / 領知目録 / 徳川将軍 |
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| Research Abstract |
Objectives of this research are 1)to collect and to organize the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns to construct a database which can be shared with researchers and 2)to reveal the historical characteristics of Shogun and leading figure power of the Edo period by determining the issuer, receiver, area, contents and form of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment and reveal the issuance process and procedures from the both side from issuer and receiver.
To collect the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment, the investigation was carried out on the Daimyo documents that belong to National Institute of Japanese Literature Department of Historical Documents, Gakushuin University Museum of History, Tochigi Prefectural Archives and other institutes. The aggregate total of the collected materials is 3,156 items and pictures and copies of them were taken. Then the database was constructed by using the collected materials and the list is attached in the report "The Fundamental R
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esearch on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment Issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns" as "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by date of issuance)" and "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by issuer)."
The research was presented as "Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment of the Tokugawa Shoguns" at the Nihon Komonjo Gakkai, or Society of the Study of Diplomatics Japan meeting held in October 2005 and published in the 59^<th> issue of The Japanese Journal of Diplomatics. In this study, the relationship between the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns and the autograph Letters of Instruction issued by the Muromachi Shoguns was analyzed from the diplomatic aspect and revealed the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns. In addition, the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by Tokugawa Hidetada was analyzed and discussed in the report "the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment in the parent government of Tokugawa Hidetada" which was published in the 43rd issue of Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters Kyoto University. Less
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