Historical Studies of the Iwakura Mission in the Early Years of Meiji era

“明治初期岩仓使命会的历史研究”旨在总结我迄今为止的研究，并将这些成果归纳为以下三个总结。1.岩仓使命会和北澳海岸志虽然在具体说明岩仓使命会的成员方面存在着各种观点，但本文澄清了他们从横滨港出发时的成员姓名。我几乎了解了使命团在所访问的12个美欧国家中观察到了什么，没有观察到什么。此外，本文还分析了官方报告《北澳开兰集记》。2.《集记》编辑久米国武的自传尚未完成。久米国武历史学家生涯的基础可以从他对《集记》的编辑和叙述中得到证明。我提到的另一个问题是19世纪90年代发生的一个事件，即《绝地武士》和“神道之国”之间的关系。这一事件在很大程度上影响了久米国武史学的发展。本文旨在从这两个角度探讨久米一生的具体特征。关于项目1，得出了以下结论。(1)1871年11月12日，岩仓使命成员的名字在他们离开的那天被澄清了。(2)使命团访问的12个国家的简要行程是按时间顺序重新编排的，目前正在讨论如何揭露Jikki与提交给大田官的正式报告之间偶尔发现的不一致之处。

"Historical Studies of the Iwakura Mission in the Early Years of Meiji era" is intended to synthesize my studies pursued so far and these achievements are given in the following three summaries.1.The Iwakura Mission and Bei-O Kairan JikkiAlthough various views existed in terms of specifying the membeas of the Iwakura Mission, this paper clarified the names of the members when they departed from Yokohama Port. I almost understood what the mission observed and what they did not observe in the twelve American and European countries they visited.In addition, this paper analyzed the official report, Bei-O Kairan Jikki.2.The autobiography of Kunitake Kume, the editor of Jikki , has not been completed yet. The basis of Kunitake Kume's career as a historian can be demonstrated in his work of editing and narration of Jikki. Another issue I mentioned was the relations between Jikki and "Shinto wa saiten no kozoku" , an incident which arose in 1890s. This incident affected the development of Kunitake Kume as a historian to a great degree. From these two viewpoints above, this paper aims at probing the specific features of Kume's entire life.3. With reference to item 1, the following conclusions have been made.(1) The names of the members of the Iwakura Mission which were formerly uncertain on the day of their departure Nov.12, 1871 were clarified.(2) A brief itinerary of the twelve countries the mission visited was reconstructed on a chronological basis.To reveal the inconsistencies occasionally found between Jikki and the formal copy of the official report presented to Dajo-kan is an ongoing subject of discussion.