German Hereditary Estate and European Rural Society

概述我对《德国世袭制度与欧洲乡村社会》的研究进展和成果如下：(A)收集研究材料。我收集了新的出版物和经典著作，特别是《东易北岛的德国农村社会和土地史》，如维尔纳·罗森纳的《Grundherrschaft》论文，以及威利·斯帕茨和阿道夫·汉内曼的《柏林现代史》。(B)我查阅了日本国会图书馆、柏林洪堡大学图书馆、柏林档案馆等的书籍和记录。(C)1996年，在洪堡大学和柏林自由大学共同主办的关于日本和德国比较研究的专题讨论会上，我读到了一篇关于“日本的农业与农业发展”的论文。1997年，我在洪堡大学洛萨·巴尔教授65岁诞辰纪念座谈会上发表了学术演讲，他是欧洲社会经济史上举世闻名的学者之一。因此，我得出了以下结论：第一，为了进一步研究这一主题，不仅要考虑“世袭财产”，而且要把土地所有权作为一个整体来研究。第二，需要给所谓的“黑海-波罗的海区域”下明确的地理定义。第三，土地问题与城市发展密切相关。因此，我们应该更多地关注村镇关系。从现在起，我想澄清这三点，以便全面了解柏林周围的郊区村庄社区。

To overview of development and result of my study on _"German Hereditary Estate and European Rural Society" is as follows ;(a) Collecting materials for the research. I collected both new publications and classics, especially of _"German Rural Society and Agrarian History in East-Elbe", such as the thesis on _"Grundherrschaft" of Werner Roesener and the modern history of Berlin by Willy Spatz and Adolf Hannemann. (b) I consulted books and records at the Japanese Diet Library, the Library of Berlin-Humbolt University, the Berlin Archive, and so on. (c) In 1996, I read a paper on _"Agrarentwicklung und Agrargesellschaft in Japan seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg" at a symposium on a comparative study between Japan and Germany, which was organized under the joint auspices of Humboldt University and Berlin Free University. In 1997, I gave an academic address at the colloquium for the celebration of the 65th birthday of Prof. Dr.Lothar Baar (Humboldt University), who is one of the world-famous scholars in European socio-economic history.AS the result, I have come to the following concllusions ; Firstly, the necessity of looking at not only _"Hereditary Estate", but also (great) landholding as a whole for the further research of the subject. Secondly, the need to give the clear geographical definition to the so-called _"Black Sea-Baltic Sea Region". Thirdly, the agrarian problem has close relevance to the urban development. It is therefore important that we should pay much more attention to the relations between village and town. From now on, I would like to elucidate these three points, in order to give the full picture of suburban village-communities surrounding Berlin.