2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of swordsmen in the Edo period
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16K03054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Miyagi Gakuin Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRAKAWA Arata 宮城学院女子大学, 一般教育部, 学長 (90142900)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 庶民剣士 / 身分制 / 兵農分離 / 武芸 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In historical studies, the Edo period is recognized as a society in which discrimination between the samurai and peasants is a strong one.It was a common understanding that peasants were disarmed, only the samurai possessed weapons, and peasants were forced to concentrate on agriculture.However, through this study, it was possible to confirm that a large number of civilian swordsmen existed throughout all of Japan from the early to the end of the Edo period.It was possible to fully demonstrate that the Edo period was the era of civilian swordsmen.
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| Free Research Field |
日本近世史
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
江戸時代は士農工商の厳格な身分制社会であり、武芸は武士身分の特権であり、庶民の武芸は禁止されていたと理解されてきた。だがこれは「士農工商」身分観念に拘束された歴史認識の誤りであり、本研究において歴史実態としては列島全域に極めて多くの庶民剣士が存在したことを確認できた。したがって一般のみならず、歴史研究者の江戸時代の身分制認識を根本から修正していく必要がある。これによって江戸時代の庶民と武士の関係や庶民・武士と政治の関係などを大きく見直すことができる。
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