Fundamental research on honoring early-modern daimyo and historical materials collected by former feudal retainers

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13326
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Akita University (2021-2022); Tohoku University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Shotaro 秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 講師 (60815679)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 近世大名 / 顕彰

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzed the actual situation of daimyo honoring projects by the former Akita feudal retainers in modern times, using the case of Yoshimasa Satake, the ninth lord of the Akita domain, and examined the real image of Yoshimasa using early modern historical materials. As a result, from the end of the Meiji period to the Taisho period, a project to honor Yoshimasa Satake was promoted, and it was clarified that the recognition that Yoshimasa was a 'great ruler' of the revival was shared. In addition, through the analysis of Yoshimasa Satake's handwritten records, he relativized the relationship with the chief retainer, which was told through critical biographies, and clarified that the Satake clan and his close associates had an influence on Yoshimasa's decision-making.

Free Research Field

日本史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、日本近世史、近代史を架橋し、さらにアーカイブズ学の視点から大名のイメージ形成過程とそれに対する実像に迫った点で学術的意義がある。また、近世大名については、伝記などを通して郷土の偉人としてのイメージが形成され、それは現代社会においても根強く共有されているが、本研究は大名の自筆記録を用い、共有されている大名像の相対化を図った。すなわち、実証的な分析により、その成果の共有を図った点で社会的意義がある。