The fundamental study for social system and changes in population during the Edo period indicated by gravestones and old documents for demography

我们研究了北海道松前的江户时代的所有墓碑和墓地，这里是日本海贸易的最北端的城堡城镇和北部重要位置。通过万余名死者的记载与文献史料的对照，可以解释松前近代初期的人口变化和社会制度

We researched all gravestones and necrology belonging to the Edo period in Matsumae, Hokkaidou Prefecture, where was the northernmost castle town and the north important position on the trade over the Sea of Japan. We could explain the changes in population and the social system of early modern period in Matsumae by comparing more than ten thousand records of dead persons with documentary historical materials