| Project/Area Number |
15021210
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
WAKAO Masaki Hitotsubashi University, Graduate school of Social Sciences, assosiate professor, 大学院社会学研究科, 助教授 (80210855)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
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| Keywords | Book / Commercial publishing / thought processes / political common sense / Military books / transfiguration of society / political thought / 出版 / 出版環境 / 常識 |
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| Research Abstract |
Commercial publishing was established in the 17th century in Japan. After publication, books spread rapidly throughout Japanese society and they provided common information from the ruler to the ruled.
This research studies the role books played in the thought processes of people in the Edo period (江戸時代). It clarifies the huge influence military books (gunsyo, 軍書), as well as medical books (isho 医書) and books on astronomy and almanacs ( tenmonrekisyo 天文暦書) had on the formation of political common sense and the cosmology of the people.
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