Comparative regional historical research on the transition from warfare to peace and stability - with a focus on Kyushu.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00955
• 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: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Naoki 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 教授 (40323662)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 牧原 成征 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (20375520)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 兵農分離 / 石高制 / 身分制 / キリシタン禁制 / 家臣団統制 / 島原の乱 / 近世都市

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we analysed the documents of the feudal lords of Kyushu in the 17th century from the perspective of how they adapted the territorial and social systems that had been organised to survive the period of constant warfare during the Warring States period to the new era of peace.
In the case of Kyushu, in particular, there is a mixture of the old clan-appointed feudal lords who had been indigenous to the region since the Middle Ages and the Shokuho-type feudal lords who had directly transferred new social systems, such as the separation of agriculture and warfare and the Kokudaka system (tax system), from the central Japanese archipelago to local society, so we considered it useful to compare them and conducted research and analysis. The results revealed the characteristics of not only the rural areas, but also the urban areas and the acceptance of laws and regulations issued throughout the country.

Free Research Field

日本近世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究を通じて、近世社会の特性を示す、三本柱（兵農分離・石高制・鎖国）について、それぞれその特性を、九州の17世紀の史料から分析をすることができた。これらの特性は特に中世の在地社会の特性を色濃く残した九州では必ずしも貫徹していないが、同時に社会全体の趨勢と適合させる柔軟な仕組みづくりがあることを証明できた。
このような地域的な違いは、現代社会にいたる各地域の特性にも結びつく要素もあることから、現代社会を見るうえでも有効な視角を提供できたと考えることができる。