The Formation and Transformation of Modern Land-ownership Structure in Japan?The Legal History of Land and "Mura(Village)"

江户时代的地主与农民的关系无非是对中世纪以来的多重土地所有制的重组。在多重土地所有权上，一个土地上存在着多个所有者，这与近代民法典中“一物一权”原则的所有权理念不同，明治时期的多重土地所有权一直维持在地主与佃农的关系上，一战后佃农立法试图改变其结构，但未能成功。

The relationship between landlords and peasants in Edo era was nothing more than restructuring multiple land-ownership which had existed since medieval times. On multiple land-ownership, there were some proprietors on one land, which is different from the idea of ownership where the "one right for one good" principle prevails under modern Civil Code.The multiple land-ownership had been maintained on the relationship between landlords and tenants in Meiji era, after WW1, tenant legislations trying to change its structure had not succeeded.