Sociological inquiry into money consciousness and the economic ethics of Japanese at turning points in time

在此期间，主要探讨了以下三个问题：（1）对《时事新报》刊登的富豪排行榜等资料进行了分析，并对时事新报公司调查的特点、排行榜的制作方法、排行榜的社会效果和影响进行了个别讨论。（2）对作为近代日本典型企业家的安田善次郎和大仓喜八郎的社会文化身份进行了考察。因此，这两个人在明治时代前半期只是社会向上爬的人，逐渐被迫将自己重新定义为适合社会精英的模范企业家。此外，还阐明了在这一过程中，他们需要形成充满矛盾的金融成功者身份。3.考察了明治后半期至昭和前半期这一过渡时期的金融家，追溯了他们思想变化的过程。历史和社会背景，作为这一过程中的思想变化的背景也进行了检查。特别是，讨论的重点是一藏小林和松永康左卫门的言行，在当时的企业文化的核心人物。此外，战后拆除的高社会文化的企业家和他们的反应，这一过程也进行了调查。

During this period of study, inquiry was made primarily into the following three matters :1.Materials such as the rankings of the wealthy appearing in the newspaper Jiji Shimpo are examined, and the characteristics of the surveys conducted by the Jiji Shimpo Company, the methods by which the company created the rankings, and the social effect and impact engendered by publication of rankings are individually discussed.2.The social and cultural identities of Zenjiro Yasuda and Kihachiro Okura as a typical entrepreneurs in early modern Japan are considered. Accordingly, the point is elucidated that these two men, mere social climbers during the first half of the Meiji era, gradually became compelled to redefine themselves as model entrepreneurs as befitted the social elite. Additionally, the point that they needed to form identities laden with contradictions as financially successful men amid this process is also elucidated.3.Prominent financiers active in the period of transition extending from the latter half of the Meiji era to the first half of the Showa era are examined, and the process by which their thinking changed is traced. The historical and social context that served as the backdrop for this process of change in thinking is also examined. In particular, discussion is conducted with a focus on the words and deeds of Ichizo Kobayashi and Yasuzaemon Matsunaga, two central figures in the entrepreneurial culture of the time. Further, the postwar process of dismantling of the high-society culture of entrepreneurs and their responses to this process are also investigated.