Research on mechanisms of order liquidation and restructuring during the Warring States period

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00962
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: MURAI Ryosuke 岡山大学, 教育学域, 教授 (30419684)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 戦国大名 / 戦国領主 / 毛利氏 / 大友氏 / 国衆 / 判物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the Muromachi period, the rulings of the shogunate and the "shigyo" by the shugo have a relative prominence that people use as a common point of reference. Therefore, it is believed that people would seek the issuance of documents from the shogunate or the shugo. However, in the Warring States period, the prominence of the bakufu and the shugo declined, and the assurances of the bakufu and the shugo came to be regarded as insufficient, leading to the issuance of documents by local authorities. The hanmotsu does not function solely within the one-to-one relationship between the issuer and the recipient, but also orders the reactions of surrounding third parties. The relationship between those who share that order is the "public" to the "private. The change from the territorial payroll without a document to the territorial payroll with a document is due to the awareness of this "public" order.

Free Research Field

日本中世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は戦国期を、単に近世の予定されたゴールに向かう単線的な過渡期としてとらえず、その一方で単に多様であるとか、無秩序なカオスとするのでもなく、多様な秩序を生み出すメカニズムを論じたところに意義がある。これにより、相対的に安定した室町期から、戦乱が常態化する戦国期への変化を、メカニズムのレベルで考察することを可能とした。かつての史的唯物論における世界史の発展法則のような見方はもはや成り立たないが、秩序の安定と流動化、そしてその再構築のメカニズムを明らかにすることで、単に戦国期にとどまらず、普遍的に社会の秩序を考察する一助となると考えられ、この点に現代社会における意義がある。