The Flow through the Inland Sea to Kinai in Medieval Japan and Regional Structure from the Viewpoint of Historical Geography

本研究考察了作为日本中世纪中心区的Kinai（京都的首都及周边地区）的商品流通，并指出了商品流通中所表现出的地域结构，重点考察了作为通往Kinai的最重要商路的内海（Setouchi）。他在这里使用的材料来源是1445年兵库北港海关保存的税收记录。从记录中，我们可以看到船舶的入港日期、注册港口名称、货物种类和数量、缴纳税款等，在那里注册的船舶总数约为1950艘。这一记录涵盖了沿着内海的100多个港口，包括靠近京都的酒井，或位于兵库港以西约300公里处的下关。他选择了摄津、播磨和淡路道的37个港口，阿波省的9个港口和备前、备中和宾果省的24个港口作为主要对象。他以每一艘船为中心，对每个港口装载的货物进行逐项检查，对港口进行分类，指出港口的特点，并根据货物装载港口的格局对货物进行分类。最后，他介绍了从内陆海沿着地区到Kinai的商品流动所显示的区域结构。

The present investigator examines the commodity flows to Kinai (the capital city of Kyoto and its vicinities) as a central district in medieval Japan and points out the regional structure showed in the flows.His focus is on the Inland Sea (Setouchi), which functioned as the most important trade route to Kinai. The material source he uses here is the tax record retained at the custom house of the port of North Hyogo in 1445. From the record, we can see the date of the entry of ships, the names of the ports where the ships were registered, the items and the volume of cargoes, the amount of the tax paid, and so on. The total number of the ships registered there amounts to about 1950. This record covers more than 100 ports along the Inland Sea, including Sakai, just close to Kyoto, or Shimonoseki, located about 300 km far away west of Hyogo port. He picks up as main subjects 37 ports in the provinces of Settsu, Harima and Awaji, 9 ports in the provinces of Awa and 24 ports in the provinces of Bizen, Bitchuu and Bingo. Paying attention to every ship, he examines item by item the cargoes loaded at each port, classifies those ports and points out their characteristics.Further, he classifies the cargoes through the pattern of the ports where they were loaded. In conclusion, he presents the regional structure showed in the commodity flows from the regions along the Inland Sea to Kinai.