The Fundamental Research on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns

本研究的目的是：1)收集整理德川幕府的《红玺封书》，建立一个与研究人员共享的数据库；2)通过确定《红玺封书》的发信人、收信人、地区、内容和形式，揭示幕府的历史特征和江户时代的领袖力量，从发信人和收信人的角度揭示红玺封书的发行过程和程序。为收集《红玺封书》，对日本国立历史文献研究所历史文献部、日本国立历史博物馆历史文献部的大名文献进行了调查户木县档案馆等机构。收集到的材料共计3156件，并拍摄了照片和复制品。然后利用收集到的材料构建数据库，并将该表附在报告《The First R…》中《德川幕府封红封书》为《封封封书名录(截至发稿之日)》和《封书(发行人)名录》，2005年10月在日本外交学会会议上以《德川幕府封书红章》的形式公布，并发表在第59期《日本外交家杂志》上。本文从外交的角度分析了德川幕府的《红玺封书》与室町幕府的亲笔授命书之间的关系，揭示了德川幕府《红玺封书》的独特性。此外，在《京都大学文学院回忆录》第43期发表的报告《德川平田上级政府的红封书》中，对德川平田发表的《红封书》的独特性进行了分析和讨论。较少

Objectives of this research are 1)to collect and to organize the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns to construct a database which can be shared with researchers and 2)to reveal the historical characteristics of Shogun and leading figure power of the Edo period by determining the issuer, receiver, area, contents and form of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment and reveal the issuance process and procedures from the both side from issuer and receiver.To collect the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment, the investigation was carried out on the Daimyo documents that belong to National Institute of Japanese Literature Department of Historical Documents, Gakushuin University Museum of History, Tochigi Prefectural Archives and other institutes. The aggregate total of the collected materials is 3,156 items and pictures and copies of them were taken. Then the database was constructed by using the collected materials and the list is attached in the report "The Fundamental R … More esearch on the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment Issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns" as "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by date of issuance)" and "The List of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment (by issuer)."The research was presented as "Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment of the Tokugawa Shoguns" at the Nihon Komonjo Gakkai, or Society of the Study of Diplomatics Japan meeting held in October 2005 and published in the 59^<th> issue of The Japanese Journal of Diplomatics. In this study, the relationship between the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns and the autograph Letters of Instruction issued by the Muromachi Shoguns was analyzed from the diplomatic aspect and revealed the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by the Tokugawa Shoguns. In addition, the uniqueness of the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment issued by Tokugawa Hidetada was analyzed and discussed in the report "the Red-seal Letters of Enfeoffment in the parent government of Tokugawa Hidetada" which was published in the 43rd issue of Memoirs of the Faculty of Letters Kyoto University. Less