Studies on Regional Development of Japanese Modernization

本研究试图探讨日本现代化的各个方面，并特别强调区域视角。为此，我们选择了各种各样的研究课题，并在给定的区域进行了密集的实地工作和统计分析。分配给每位研究成员的主题包括农业/农村现代化、现代化过渡时期的城市化、矿业的发展和变化、现代化对宗教的影响、鱼粪生产视角下的日本现代化、接受欧洲新文明与日本传统习俗的冲突、铁路与水运的关系、近代日本人口持续增长的开始及其区域分化、现代化时期的土地开垦、探讨日本现代化的统计数据集的准备等。在项目期间（1989-1992年），我们向学术期刊投稿，并在最后一年撰写了题为“现代日本区域发展基础研究”的报告，其中包括未发表的论文。虽然还有很多工作要做，但我们相信，我们已经为编制日本现代化历史地图集做好了准备。从现在开始，我们将继续讨论得出的结果，以实现最后一个目的。

This study attempts to investigate various aspects of Japanese modernization with special emphasis on the regional point of view.For this purpose,we selected various research topics and carried out both of the intensive field work and statistical analysis in a given area.Themes assigned to each research member include agricultural/rural modernization,urbanization in the transitional period of modernization,development and change in mining, influence of modernization on religion,Japanese modernization from the viewpoint of fish manure production,conflict between the acceptance of new European civilization and the Japanese traditional custom,relationships between the rail and river transportation,beginning of the continuous population growth and its regional differentiation in modern Japan,land reclamation in the period of modernization,preparation of the statistical data set for discussing the Japanese modernization,and so forth.During the project term(1989-1992),we have contributed to academic journals and in the final year,made the report entitled "Fundamental Studies on the Regional Development in Modern Japan"including unpublished papers. Though much more still remain to be done,we are confident that we get ready for compiling the historical atlas of Japanese modernization. From now on,we will keep on discussing the derived results in order to accomplish the last purpose.