The research of the formation and the change of interchange between cities and villages in local society during the Edo period

主要研究者研究了江户时代饭田城与信浓省伊那县周边村落的关系，特别是在上饭田村拥有大量耕地的城市居民，以及居住在上饭田村或岛田村的森林爱好者，他们砍伐树木作为柴火，并将其出售给城市居民。他还研究了该省高井县小濑村的内部结构，并明确指出，该村有四个村庄，第一和第二个村庄（他们被称为Machi-gumi）位于市场周围，第三和第四个村庄（他们被称为Hayashi-gumi）位于栗子林中。他还考察了林组首领平松家族对栗树林的大规模经营的具体性质。

The principal researcher studied the relation between Iida castle city and the surrounding villages in Ina country, Shinano province during the Edo period, particularly, the city dwellers who had many cultivated fields in Kamiiida village, and the forest lovors living in Kamiida or Shimada village, cutting down trees for firewood, and selling them to the city dwellers. He also studied the inner structure of Obuse village in Takai country, the same province, and made the fact clear that the village had four hamlets, the first and the second(they were called Machi-gumi) which were located around the market place, the third and the fourth(they were called Hayashi-gumi) which were located in the chestnut woods. And he examined concrete nature of the management of chestnut woods in a large way by Hiramatsu family which was the headman of hayashi-gumi.