Changes of the immigration area of emigrants in western Japan

本研究的目的在于揭示明治时代日本西部县的移民来源地的移民过程。日本西部县的移民数量比北海道多。我收集和分析了山口、广岛、香川、爱美县、福冈、熊本县等县的北海道和海外移民的个人数据，然后编制了北海道移民个人数据库。在这项研究中，我可以肯定的是，日本东方县的移民来源地与北海道的来源地是相同的或相邻的，但这些县有几个例外。然而，另一方面，我也阐明了北海道移民的社会阶层不同于移民到国外的人，这些县的剩余人口的一部分将在行政当局的移民诱导战略下作为移民送到国外。

The aim of this study is to shed light on the process of the emigration in the origin areas of emigrants from the prefectures of western Japan which sent out more many emigrants to foreign countries than to Hokkaido in the Meiji era. I have collected and analized the individual data of the emigrants to Hokkaido and abroad in the prefectures of Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Ehime, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto, etc. Then, I have compiled the database of individual emigrants to Hokkaido. I presented a part of this study on the reports and articles at the geographical society and forth, and I pointed out as follows.In this study, I could confirm that the origin areas of emigrants to abroad from the prefectures of werstern Japan were same or adjacent to those of emigrants to Hokkaido with a few exceptions of these prefectures. However, on the other hand, I explicated that the social class of the emigrants to Hokkaido was different to one of emigrants to abroad and that a part of surplus population in these prefectures was to be sent out as the emigrants to abroad under the strategy of emigration induction by the administration.