明治初年における藩政改革

江藤新平の『民政仕組書』について

抄録

Every feudal lord all over the country was obliged to conform to directions for the centralzation of powers, such as the return of the land and people to the Emperor, the abolition of clans and the establishment of prefectures. The feudal lord of “Saga-han” [_??__??__??_] issued an order for the administrative reform of the feudal system to Simpei Eto who thereafter was appointed minister of Justice, but was implicated in the revolt of Saga “Saga-no-ran” [_??__??__??__??_]. Simpei Eto made a plan of system “_??__??__??__??__??_” as a new system of centralization of powers. So far, the actual condition of local administration in the eary years of Meiji era was indistinct, but the Minsei-Sikumisho is one of the historical materials that explain the change of local administration.
The historical records show that an autonomous tendency is a distinctive feature on the days of local administration before the national unity as the period of transition.