<Articles>Ichinoseki clan doctor Takebe Seian's writing process of “Minkan bikoroku”: Towards a reexamination of the concept of “minkan biko”

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  • LIN J.
    京都大学人文科学研究所

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  • <論文>一関藩医・建部清庵『民間備荒録』の成立経緯 --｢民間備荒」構想の再検討に向けて--
  • 一関藩医・建部清庵『民間備荒録』の成立経緯 : 「民間備荒」構想の再検討に向けて
  • イチノセキハンイ ・ ケンブ セイアン 『 ミンカン ビコウロク 』 ノ セイリツ ケイイ : 「 ミンカン ビコウ 」 コウソウ ノ サイケントウ ニ ムケテ

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This paper focuses on the conception of the “Minkan bikōroku”, written by Takebe Seian, an Ichinoseki clan doctor, in order to combat Hōreki famine (1755-1756). I will argue that this book has two characteristics : on the one hand, it is a famine relief manual for village officials, on the other, it is a proposal for the chief clan retainers. The idea of “minkan bikō”, meaning famine relief proactively carried out by the peasant groups, was strongly conscious of the famine policy of the Ichinoseki clan. Therefore, “minkan bikō”, while based on the autonomy of the village, was by no means completely independent of clan authority. In other words, according to Seian's view, the peasant groups had a mutually supportive relationship with the clan. Supporting this relation were the relieve efforts of the Ichinoseki clan during the Hōreki famine, and the trust built up by Seian since his days of medical training. Finally, as a clan doctor, Takebe Seian acted as an “intelligence intermediary” between the peasant groups and the clan.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 121 119-139, 2023-06-20

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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