Changes of the immigration area of emigrants in western Japan

明治时期，西日本各都道府县向外国的移民人数多于向北海道的移民人数。笔者收集并分析了山口县、广岛县、香川县、爱媛县、福冈县、熊本县等地向北海道和海外移民的个人数据，编制了向北海道移民的个人数据库。笔者根据地理学会等发表的报告和文章，对本研究的一部分进行了介绍，并指出：在本研究中，除了个别都道府县以外，可以确认从日本西部都道府县移居海外的人的原籍地与移居北海道的人的原籍地相同或相邻。但另一方面，笔者又阐明了北海道移民的社会阶层与海外移民的社会阶层不同，在政府的移民诱导战略下，这些都道府县的一部分剩余人口将作为海外移民被送出。

The aim of this study is to shed light on the process of the emigration in the origin areas of emigrants from the prefectures of western Japan which sent out more many emigrants to foreign countries than to Hokkaido in the Meiji era. I have collected and analized the individual data of the emigrants to Hokkaido and abroad in the prefectures of Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Ehime, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto, etc. Then, I have compiled the database of individual emigrants to Hokkaido. I presented a part of this study on the reports and articles at the geographical society and forth, and I pointed out as follows.In this study, I could confirm that the origin areas of emigrants to abroad from the prefectures of werstern Japan were same or adjacent to those of emigrants to Hokkaido with a few exceptions of these prefectures. However, on the other hand, I explicated that the social class of the emigrants to Hokkaido was different to one of emigrants to abroad and that a part of surplus population in these prefectures was to be sent out as the emigrants to abroad under the strategy of emigration induction by the administration.