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A Study on the Medieval Development of the Oxcart("Gissha"): A Literature and Objects Approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00935
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
Research InstitutionGakushuin University

Principal Investigator

Kimura Mamiko  学習院大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (10815062)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords八葉車 / 杏葉車 / 京都御所 / 牛車 / 陽明文庫 / 洞院家 / 輿車雑要抄 / 牛車模型 / 車輿等書 / 日本中世史 / 車図
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been reading and analyzing historical documents related to oxcarts("Gissha”) remaining from the Middle and Early Modern periods. Specifically, we have made reprints of three important historical documents: “Shayotousho” owned by Sonkeikaku Bunko, “Yoshazatsuyoushou” owned by Yomei Bunko, and “Okuruma Shinchou Narabini Shuhukushorui” owned by the Imperial Household Agency's Shoryou Department. The latter two were reprinted in their entirety in the research report with explanatory notes on their formation, etc.
In addition, we conducted an on-site survey of two oxcarts of the Kyoto Office of the Imperial Household Agency, which are still used for the Aoi Matsuri Festival, and accurately measured them. Furthermore, we made a 1/10th size structural model and a 1/20th size model of the Gyouyouguruma, which is thought to have been made earlier than the other two, although both were determined to have been made in the 18th century based on the above literature review.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

9世紀にはじめて日本で人が乗用するための車(=牛車)が登場して以来、現在に至るまで車文化は続いている。なかで、京都御所に所在する2台の牛車は、前近代から続く車文化の賜物であるにも関わらず、その来歴は全く不明と言わざるを得なかった。2台とも鎌倉時代に描かれた牛車絵(車図)と類似の形態を有し、特に江戸時代初期の中和門院の乗用した尼眉網代庇車と同様の形態を有している。そのため、中世末期の制作にかかる可能性が高いと想定したが、史料を博捜し、江戸時代後期の牛車の修理関係史料などを読み進める中で、八葉車は1780年代の制作であること、杏葉車はそれ以前に作られた可能性の高いものであることが判明した。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (6 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 後光厳天皇宸筆書状写―伏見宮栄仁親王の名字のこと―2023

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 5 Pages: 28-31

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 飛鳥井雅康仮名消息2023

    • Author(s)
      末柄豊
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 5 Pages: 32-35

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 小朝拝関白宣下条々問答2023

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 4

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 二通の「鷹司兼輔書状」―『大手鑑』所収一条兼良書状の正体―2022

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 3

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 天皇御元服部類記〈延慶〉2021

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 2 Pages: 10-11

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 革勘類2020

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Journal Title

      陽明文庫講座図録

      Volume: 1 Pages: 24-25

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 牛車考―牛に引かれて内裏に参る―2018

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Organizer
      公開講座「続・古典を読む―歴史と文学」
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 牛車の中世的展開に関する研究2024

    • Author(s)
      木村真美子
    • Total Pages
      92
    • Publisher
      学習院大学史料館
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 陽明文庫 近衞家伝来の至宝2019

    • Author(s)
      徳仁親王・木村真美子
    • Publisher
      吉川弘文館
    • ISBN
      9784642083584
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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