Abstract
This article traces the development of historical-sociological studies in post-war Japan from a macro perspective, and characterizes it as a trend “from modernism to post-modernism”. We focus on family, religion, rural society and culture, and estimate the contribution of historical sociology in respective field. Historical sociology proposed various topics such as modernization of rural societies, impacts of social history of Annale, moral economy. It should be concluded that historical sociology in Japan is currently on the way to development and divergence. We expect it to converge in the coming century.
