Study on the Wealthy Leaders (dogo) and the Villages during the Period of Transition from the Medieval to the Early Modern Period

本研究从整体的角度对那些村庄中的富裕领导人进行分析，以更好地理解日本社会从中世纪到近代早期的过渡时期。富有的领导人（dogo）可以被看作是各省和那些村庄的政治、经济和军事代表。本研究以骏河省内浦地区志滨村的植松家族、伊豆省西浦地区水户村的大川家族、长滨村的大川家族、以及在这些家族中有很多家族存在的关东地区的村落为研究对象，重点探讨了这些家族与村落关系的基本要素。首先，本研究利用田野调查资料，试图重建土地耕种和村庄生活的实际情况，以及富裕领导人的土地所有权性质。其次，将从内战时期到近代早期的乡村领袖们的著作作为中世纪史和近代史进行分析。本报告的主要内容包括：整体考察、史料分析、田野调查报告、照片一览表、尚未重印的史料汇编等，旨在了解家族管理的真实情况，了解家族在那些村庄中的运作和存在。

This study takes a holistic approach to the analysis of the wealthy leaders (dogo) in the villages in order to better understand Japanese society during the period of transition from the medieval to the early modern period. Wealthy leaders (dogo) can be seen as the political, economic, and military representatives of the provinces and the villages. This research focuses particularly on the basic elements of their relationship with the village.The subjects of this study lived in villages in the Kanto Region where many of those families were to be found. Specifically, the Uematsu family in the village of Shishihama in the Uchiura region of Suruga Province ; the Okawa family in Mito village, and the Okawa families in Nagahama Village, both in the Nishiura region of Izu Province; the Mochida families in Arakawa Village in Musashi Province, and the Iizuka family in Sanbagawa Village in Kozuke Province.Firstly, using fieldwork data this study attempts to reconstruct the actual circumstances surrounding land cultivation and village life, and also the nature of land ownership by wealthy leaders. Secondly, it analyzes as both medieval and early modern history those writings passed down by village leaders from the age of civil war until the early modern era. The aim is to understand the true circumstances of family administration, and to gain an understanding of how these families operated and existed within the villages.The report consists of the following parts: an examination of the issue as a whole, the analysis of particularly relevant historical materials, the fieldwork report, a list of photographs, and a collection of as yet un-reprinted historical materials.