The Activities of Omi Merchants During the Medieval and Early Modern Periods : A Comprehensive Analysis of Transport Via the Japan Sea

这项研究超越了近江地区，考察了日本各地近江商人的活动。近江商人被认为在前现代时期统治了商业世界。虽然对它们活动的各个方面进行了研究，但仍缺乏对不同领土之间联系的全面审查。本项目最初关注的是中世纪和近代早期以日本海和北海道为基地的近江商人活动。建立了数据库和共同研究项目，但随着研究的继续，很明显，北田川商船的早期现代运输路线包括濑户内海沿岸，兵库县和大坂。此外，四国出产的靛蓝被运往北海道，北海道的干鲱鱼被运往四国、Kinai和西部各省。很明显，我们的研究必须扩大到包括整个国家的地区。因此，我们采取了以下措施， ...更多信息 结论：1.调查范围扩大到全国，并收集了相应的历史资料和数据。由滨崎仁管理的一个新数据库被创建，以检查和绘制近江商人活动所覆盖的区域。2.与专门研究近江商人、海运业和地区商人的学者举行会议，为了收集新的研究。3.建立了一个数据库的西川Denuemon-ke monjo（西地川出右卫门文献），由滋贺大学信息中心举办。这份文件是由历史上重要的Nishikawa Honke（Nishikawa Main Household）创建的，涉及北海道土著居民（Hokkaido）和当地承包。它是补充小樽图书馆保存的西川分支家族历史资料的重要原始资料。4.滋贺大学所在地的波佐和海床地区，是明治后期和大正时期最早产生大规模移民加拿大和美国的地区之一。这些移民中有许多人在国外从事商业活动。对返回者及其亲属进行了访谈。在了解了更多关于他们的起源后，在加拿大的温哥华和卡尔加里进行了进一步的采访。本研究结果发表在《人类文化》第15卷第18期上。今后我们将继续为调查的补充和数据库的维护尽最大努力。少

This research went beyond the region of Omi to examine the activities of Omi merchants throughout Japan. The Omi merchants are thought to have dominated the mercantile world during the pre-modern period. While various aspects of their activities had been studied, a comprehensive examination of the links between different territories was still lacking. This project originally focused on the Omi merchant activities based around the Japan Sea and Hokkaido in the medieval and early modern. A database and joint research project was set up, but as research continued, it became evident that the early modern transport routes of the kitamaesen merchant skips included the shores of the Seto Inland Sea, Hyogo, and Osaka. As well, indigo produced in Shikoku was shipped to Hokkaido, and dried herring of Hokkaido was taken to Shikoku, Kinai, and the Western provinces. It was clear that our study had to be expanded to incorporate regions from the entire country. As a result, the following measures we … More re taken :1.The survey was expanded to the entire country and historical material and data were collected accordingly. A new database, administered by Hamazaki Hitoshi, was created to examine and graph the area covered by Omi merchants in their activities.2.Conferences were held with scholars specializing in Omi merchants, the industry of sea transport, and regional merchants, in order to collect new research.3.A database was created of the Nishikawa Denuemon-ke monjo (Nishjikawa Denuemon Document) held by the University of Shiga Prefecture Information Center. The document, created by the historically significant Nishikawa Honke (Nishikawa Main Household), deals with the Hokkaido indigenous population (Emishi) and local contracting. It is a key primary source that complements historical materials of the Nishikawa Bunke (Nishikawa Branch Household) held by the Otaru Library.4.Hassaka and Kaideima, the regions where the University of Shiga stands, are one of the earliest areas to produce large-scale emigration to Canada and the USA during the late Meiji period and Taisho period. Many of these emigrants carried out mercantile activities abroad. Interviews were conducted with returnees and their relatives. After learning more about their origins, further interviews were carried out in Vancouver and Calgary, Canada. The results were published in Ningen bunka (Human Cultures), vol.15, no.18.We want to continue to do our best in the complement of investigation, and the further maintenance of the database. Less