Daimyo Nobility's Study Abroad and Regional Reproduction in the Meiji Era

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530970
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Principal Investigator: ERIKO Kumazawa 東京農業大学, その他部局等, 教授 (90328542)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 明治日本の近代化 / 高等農学教育史 / 産業教育史 / 松平康荘 / 大名華族の子弟教育 / エドワード・キンチ / 越前松平試農場 / 家臣たちの海外留学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I collected, organized, and transcribed documents at home and overseas（Japan, the UK, Germany, Austria）that related to three generations of the Echizen Matsudaira family (Yoshinaga, Mochiaki, Yasutaka). I retraced the footsteps of Yasutaka, who had received the childhood education of Daimyo nobility. As a regional reproduction measure, Matsudaira’s old territory, Fukui, put private land (castle ruins) to use as an experimental station. The station took advantage of Yasutaka’s study abroad in chemical analyses and was a role model of the private sector, including the institute of horticulture. I also clarified that the retainers who accompanied Yasutaka to Europe sometimes studied abroad, but played a role in the modernization after returning home.

Free Research Field

教育史