Today, the functional consideration of regions as a field in historical geography has given rise to the concept of the historical region or historical territory. And one of its fruits is that the subject on the interrelationship between the substantive region and formal region has been developing. For instance, the studies of the
Kinsei-Go (_??__??__??_) can be regarded as an example of the results. Furthermore, most of these studies have already reckoned the
Hanryos (_??__??_) as a framework of the research. However, there seems to be little study of the fieves which were under the directed control of the Shogunate, or generally called as
Tenryos (_??__??_).
Therefore, I think that
Tenryos should be discussed from the standpoint of the historical research. On that occasion, we are able to point out the existence of the
Kumiaimura (_??__??__??_), that is the intermediate territory, in the
Tenryos.
In order to explain the interrelationship between the substantive region and formal region, this paper deals with the intermediate territory
Kumiaimura in the
Kaikoku Tenryos in the late
Edo era. To study the subject, the auther, first of all, investigated the distribution and size of
Kumiaimura that is regarded as the local political territory of
Tenryos and also the political regionalization of
Kumiaimura that is considered as political trend of the Shogunate. Secondly, as the paper analyses the function of the
Gunchusodai (_??__??__??__??_), also clarifies the historical foundation of what the formation of
Kumiaimura has been based on and accepted.
The main results of the paper are summarized as follows:
(1) The
Kaikoku is situated at the fief of the Shogunate, in a sense, it is assigned to the
Tokugawa-Ichimons (_??__??__??__??_) or
Hudai-daimyos (_??__??__??__??_) etc., from the early
Edo era. Moreover, these
Tenryos were generally of very large size and differed from the fieves of the
Kanto districts or
Kinki districts, and it frequently happened that a village was rulled over by more than two rulers.
(2) Judging from the distribution and size of
Kumiaimura, the
Suji (_??_), the historical territory in the early
Edo era, lost the political significance, nevertheless, it was becoming the substantive region more and more.
And that the
Suji seemed to have served as the standard in the organizing process of the self-governed
Torishimari-Kumiaimura (_??__??__??__??__??_). However, in the late
Edo era, especially during the period of the
Bunka, the self-governed
Kumiaimura was divided and local political territories
Kumiaimura were then formed.
(3) It appeared that the
Kumiaimura which had achieved a position of the intermediate territory in the
Tenryos, strengthened its political function in keeping pace with the collapse of the Shogunate. And it is shown in the division of self-governed
Kumiaimura as stated above.
(4) Judging from the
Gunchu-sodai's function, it turned out that
Kumiaimura in the
Kuninaka had accepted the villages in allied structure for collecting rice as annual land tax and carrying it to the Edo. On the other hand, in the
Gunnai that missed this opportunity, the self-governed
Torishimari-Kumiaimura or
Sukego-Kumiaimura (_??__??__??__??__??_) have been the historical foundation.
(5) Moreover, the sphere of
Kumiaimura in the
Gunnai and in the north-west
Kofu basin that is established at the end of the
Tokugawa regime, were later developing into the
Kusei (_??__??_) of the early years of the
Meiji.
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