Study of the Muromachi Shogunate Organization and the bureaucracy during the Northern and Southern Dynasties

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K13106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Shitennoji University (2022-2023); Ritsumeikan University (2021)
• Principal Investigator: Kawahara Makoto (田中誠) 四天王寺大学, 社会学部, 講師 (20791437)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 室町幕府 / 将軍 / 官僚 / 評定衆 / 奉行人 / 文書管理 / 学問

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on the Muromachi Shogunate's councilors and magistrates, or bureaucrats, to clarify the development process of the Shogunate's power based on changes in their positions and functions. This study first traces the individual activities of the Muromachi shogunate magistrates, including the Inoo and Matsuda clans, and clarifies how they were connected to the Shogun and the Kanrei. In addition, we examined the way in which official documents of the shogunate were created and managed, and clarified that the magistrate occupied an important position. Next, we focused on not only the administrative documents kept by these magistrates, but also on the books that contributed to scholarship, and examined where their scholarly interest lay. Finally, we examined the way they learned martial arts and engaged in military activities, focusing on the reviewers of the Kamakura period, and clarified that they were promoted to commanders by the end of the Kamakura period.

Free Research Field

日本中世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

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