The Fundamental Research on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns

本研究的目的是：1）收集整理德川幕府的红玺封信，建立一个可供研究者共享的数据库; 2）通过确定发行人、接收人、地区、本文对《红封书》的内容、形式进行了分析，并从发行人和接收人两个方面揭示了《红封书》的发行过程和程序，为收集《红封书》，本研究以国立日本文学研究所历史文献部、学习院大学历史博物馆、栃木县档案馆等机构的大名文献为研究对象。收集的材料总数为3 156件，并拍摄了照片和复印件。然后利用收集到的资料建立了数据库，并将清单附在《基础研究》报告中 关于我们 《关于德川幕府所发赤封书的说明》分为《赤封书一览表（按发行日期）》和《赤封书一览表（按发行人）》。这项研究在2005年10月举行的日本外交学会会议上以“德川幕府分封的红印信件”的形式发表，并发表在第59<th>期《日本外交杂志》上。本文从外交的角度分析了德川幕府的“红封”与室町幕府的亲笔“训令”之间的关系，揭示了德川幕府“红封”的独特性。此外，《京都大学文学部回忆录》第43期发表的《德川英忠母国政府的红玺分封书》一文中，对德川英忠红玺分封书的独特性进行了分析和讨论。少

Objectives of this research are 1)to collect and to organize the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns to construct a database which can be shared with researchers and 2)to reveal the historical characteristics of Shogun and leading figure power of the Edo period by determining the issuer, receiver, area, contents and form of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment and reveal the issuance process and procedures from the both side from issuer and receiver.To collect the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment, the investigation was carried out on the Daimyo documents that belong to National Institute of Japanese Literature Department of Historical Documents, Gakushuin University Museum of History, Tochigi Prefectural Archives and other institutes. The aggregate total of the collected materials is 3,156 items and pictures and copies of them were taken. Then the database was constructed by using the collected materials and the list is attached in the report "The Fundamental R … More esearch on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment Issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns" as "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by date of issuance)" and "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by issuer)."The research was presented as "Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment of the Tokugawa Shoguns" at the Nihon Komonjo Gakkai, or Society of the Study of Diplomatics Japan meeting held in October 2005 and published in the 59^<th> issue of The Japanese Journal of Diplomatics. In this study, the relationship between the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns and the autograph Letters of Instruction issued by the Muromachi Shoguns was analyzed from the diplomatic aspect and revealed the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns. In addition, the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by Tokugawa Hidetada was analyzed and discussed in the report "the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment in the parent government of Tokugawa Hidetada" which was published in the 43rd issue of Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters Kyoto University. Less