The Presentation of Hawk Chicks in Nests by the Yanagisawa Clan of Kai Province: A Study on the Gifting of Eurasian Sparrow-hawks to the Tokugawa Shogunat

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  • KOSHISAKA Yuta
    Graduate School of Humanities, Kyushu University : Ph.D. Student University. JSPS Research Fellow (until Aug.2020), Curator at Yanagisawa Bunko Museum(from Sept.2020)

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  • 甲斐柳沢家の巣鷹献上 : 御用鷹としてのハイタカの献上事例に着目して
  • カイ ヤナギサワカ ノ ソウ タカ ケンジョウ : ゴヨウ タカ ト シテ ノ ハイタカ ノ ケンジョウ ジレイ ニ チャクモク シテ

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In this paper, I discuss the nature of gifting hawks being connnissioned as an official by the Tokugawa shogunate, by analyzing the origins and establishment of the custom of presenting Eurasian sparrow-hawk chicks by the Yanagisawa Clan of Kai Province to the Tokugawa shogun during the Kyoho period. In addition, I point out that sparrow-hawks played a leading role in the shogun's falconry activities in summer and autumn, and refer to the regional characteristics of Kai Province by analyzing the dispute over sutaka-yama (mountains where eyries were located). Following these discussions, I demonstrate that the presentation of sparrow-hawk chicks was considered an "exceptional act of gifting" by the Yanagisawa Clan and was undertaken based on a rationale different from that of the ordinary annual gift presentation.

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