戦時期・戦後改革期農地委員会の年齢構成に関する基礎研究

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The subject of this research is to discuss the aspect change of rural societies during and after the war through the change of age group that leads rural societies by means of examination of age structure of municipal agricultural land committee during and after the war. We have two subjects to approach. The first subject is to discuss the agricultural land committee members' average age and standard deviation in the period of postwar reform in order to explain the regionality of age structure of agricultural land committee and how age structure of agricultural land committee changed during and after the war. The second subject is to discuss the choice of a president of municipal agricultural land committee in the period of postwar reform from the viewpoint of age. In the traditional research, municipal agricultural land committee during and after the war was discussed mainly from the viewpoint of people of each rank such as landowner, landed farmer, and peasant, but not from the viewpoint of age. Therefore this research is something of a novelty in its field. Firstly as a result of the analysis of age structure of municipal agricultural land committee in the period of postwar reform, it has been found out that the average age of all the committee members in Japan was 48.5 with the member between the ages of 45 and 50 making up the largest number and that younger generation accounted for a large share of the total. Concerning the average age divided by prefecture, the members in Iwate, Aomori, and Ishikawa were younger than the others while those in Chiba, Ibaragi, and Oita were older. Secondly as a result of the discussion of municipal agricultural land committee members' average age during and after the war, it has been found out that the members got younger by five years while the presidents got younger by ten years. This movement looked the same as the case where the president of a large industrial conglomerate got younger during and after the war. Thirdly it has been found out that the seniority system clearly worked when a president of municipal agricultural land committee was chosen. The seniority system was clearly seen in Shiga, Fukushima, and Nara Prefecture