A Comprehensive Study on Mining-Metallurgy Industry in the Chugoku Region from the Ancient Age to the Early Modern Age

1)长野堀铜矿的遗迹可以追溯到古代。这里有日本最早的考古采矿发现。在这项研究中，采用了历史语言学的方法，因为已经从该遗址挖掘出了一些刻有铭文的木简（木坎）。实地调查补充了这一方法。研究结果发表在桥本吉典（Yoshinori Hashimoto）撰写的《古代长崎省铜生产的初步研究：以对长崎县遗址和那里出土的木简的调查为重点》一书中，并引用了之前研究阶段的结果，“关于古代日本矿山和矿物地点的历史资源数据库”。2)调查人员对中世纪大内统治家族统治地区的寺庙钟及其铭文进行了历史调查。在此基础上，Maki Takayuki在一篇名为《论索省高丽寺的中世纪寺钟及其碑文》的文章中讨论了战国时期大内家族的政治和文化问题。3)为研究近代早期的中国采矿业，对别石和佐佐谷两个铜矿遗址进行了实地考察。对山口县档案馆的森氏家族文献、岛根县图书馆的野泽文献和鹤野市堀园保存的文献进行了研究。田中清二利用收集到的资料，撰写了《堀木、明治时期的佐佐谷铜矿（1751—1771年）》和《天浦时期萩生的负债（1830—1843年）》两篇文章。基于同样的资料，Kawamoto Fukumi的文章《论萩城的关社》（on the Sekishu-gari of Hagi-han）考察了萩城宗族的债务问题，这些债务是由Sasagatani的采矿业务转移的资金资助的。此外，调查人员将Mori家族图书馆的一些相关手写文件转录为Less字体

1) The remains of the Naganobori Copper Mine date back to antiquity. The site has yielded Japan's earliest archaeological mining finds. In this study, a historical-philological approach was adopted since several inscribed wooden slips (mokkan) have already been excavated from the site. This approach was supplemented by field investigation. Results are presented in "A Preliminary Study of Copper Production in Ancient Nagato Province : Focusing on the Investigation on Naganobori Sites and the wooden Slips Excavated there," authored by Yoshinori Hashimoto and quoting from the results of the preceding research period, "A Historical Resource Database concerning Mines and Mineral Localities in Ancient Japan."2) The investigators carried out a historical survey of temple bells and their inscriptions in the dominion of the medieval ruling family of Ouchi. Based on the research results, Takayuki Maki discusses political and cultural issues concerning the Ouchi family during the Warring State Pe … More riod in an article titled "On the Medieval Temple Bell and its Inscriptions at Koryuji Temple in the Province of Suo."3) For the research into Chugoku mining industry in the Early Modern Period, field investigation was carried out at two copper mine sites : Besshi and Sasagatani. Philological researches were also fruitfully conducted the -Mori Family Library documents in Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives, the Nozawa file in Shimane Prefectural Library, and the documents preserved in Hori Garden in Tsuwano-city were investigated. Using the collected materials, Seiji Tanaka produced two articles : "The Sasagatani Copper Mine during the Horeki and Meiwa Periods [ 1751-71]," and "Hagi-han's Indebtedness during the Tenpou Period [ 1830-43]." Based on the same materials, Fukumi Kawamoto's article "On the Sekishu-gari of Hagi-han" examines the Hagi Clan's debt problems concerning the loan business funded by capital diverted from the mining operations in Sasagatani. Furthermore, the investigators transcribed several relevant handwritten documents in the Mori Family Library into typeface Less