近代初期宮古島の大地主

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The present paper investigates the origin and decline of three big landowners of Miyako Island in the early Meiji period, two of which were descendants of inherited-land nobles in the old regime whereas the third became a newly formed landowner in the early Meiji period. This paper considers (1) actual conditions of landownership in terms of acquisition and termination of ownership, (2) historical background under which big landowners came into existence independently of the rule of the Shuri Dynasty, and (3) formation of tenant farmers (kosakunin) and domestic serfs (nago). The findings are (1) those big landowners were for the most part descendants of manor lords traceble back to the fourteenth century, and (2) they had managed lands and production by holding domestic serfs and servants in a medieval style up to the middle Meiji period (1903). Thus it can be concluded that up to the Land Reform Law of the year 1903, land system and production processes in Miyako were possibily different from those in mainland Okinawa where periodic land division and exchange (jiwari) were conducted among villagers.
沖縄国際大学の論文
1998-03-31