Population and Family in Early Modern Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380697
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Okada Aoi 慶應義塾大学, 文学部(三田), 教授 (50246005)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 家族社会学 / 歴史人口学 / 宗門改帳 / 直系家族 / 世帯構造 / 家 / 農民 / データベース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has two aims. The first is to build a large database using the Shumon Aratame Cho (SAC) (sect registries) as a historical reference. The second is to use this database to examine the structure of farm households in the late Tokugawa period.
For this study, I used the sect registries of fifteen villages (seven in northeast Japan and eight in central Japan). Ultimately, I was unable to complete the database. Therefore, I attempted to examine basic indicators for determining family structure by using the data of a single farming community in northeastern Japan, as it had the most complete database.

Free Research Field

社会学