Abstract
Firstly it should be pointed out that the transfers of land in the Kami-shiojiri Village did not always involve someone taking complete possession of the land but were deals with many conditions attached some of which by modern standards seem to be strange and peculiar in this article. Secondly, what kind of Ies participated in actual land possession and the transfers is examined.
In Kami-shiojiri-village, the transfers in land needed not only the agreement of contractors but also the consent of a specific Kin Dozoku which maintained close relations. And, the village government official recorded the contracts after confirming their agreement, and it was guaranteed. Because, a complex transfers in land was frequently done in Kami-shiojiri-village. Substantially, mortgagers bore the land tax or mortgages bore the land tax even if the land was mortgaged. The Kandaka which was described in the Kandaka-nayose-cho was a standard of the land tax, and it did not point to actual land holdings. We cannot understand how much land was actually held of each Ie only by the Kandaka-nayose-cho. Actual land hold was understood by the confirmation of parties concerned only in the village.
Moreover, when the land (residence) in the Ie which faced especially the crisis of continuance was moved, Kin Dozoku which had economic power and kept close relation with that Ie became a guarantor, and which they exercised their influence on.
