<Articles>The Government of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Emperor During the Tenna-Jokyo Period

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  • <論説>天和・貞享期の綱吉政権と天皇
  • 天和・貞享期の綱吉政権と天皇
  • テンナ ジョウキョウキ ノ ツナヨシ セイケン ト テンノウ

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This study aims to clarify the heretofore seldom-studied goals of the policy of the government of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi in terms of its policy toward the emperor during the Tenna and Jokyo eras. As a result of this study, it is clear that Tsunayoshi devised a plan to restore the authority of the imperial succession, which had been damaged with the removal of the First Prince during the Tenna period, and as part of this plan he recognized the revival of the Rittutaishi sechi-e, the court ceremony held on the accession to the position of heir apparent. Moreover, I have made clear that Tsunayoshi in the Jokyo era replaced the magistrate, Inaba Masayuki 稲葉正往, out of fear of the reduction of the Shogunate's authority due to the overly close connections between the Kyoto magistrate and the palace; and that he imposed a system of sumptuary regulations on the court and revised the activities of Emperor Reigen, and in an effort to prevent untoward influences on the successor, the future Emperor Higashiyama, he sought to bring about the early abdication of Emperor Reigen; and in that process he recognized the revival of the Daijo-e, imperial accession ceremony, which Emperor Reigen had sought, from the viewpoint of the realizing an early abdication. I also point out that Tsunayoshi, as the head of the warrior-led realm, was conscious of the authority and reputation of the Shogunate and attempted to carefully manage the throne and imperial family who upheld it and that the revival of ritual was one method used in Shogun Tsunayoshi's policy to manage the throne.

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  • 史林

    史林 93 (6), 719-747, 2010-11-30

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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