明治十年代の米価動向と米穀中継地市場

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In the early Meiji era, the commercial unity of the whole country had not been accomplished and there were many local markets in Japan. They were connected by the intermediary trade, especially by the trade of seaway. Under such circumstances, the wholesale price fluctuated widely, especially in 1878-1888, and it is said that among the prices of many goods, the price of rice fluctuated notably. This paper tries to clarify how the price of rice fluctuated, and why the trends in the prices became different among many goods under the commercial circumstances of the early Meiji era. The conclusions are as follows: 1) There was a close correlation between the price of rice in the central city market and most rural country markets. 2) Close correlation of the price of rice among urban and rural markets was attained by the role of inner intermediary trade, which was sustained by the distributing function of many rural ports. In such intermediary trade, the flow of rice was most frequent. 3) The effect of such close correlation of price of rice among markets made its fluctuation countrywide and notable, as well as the effects of production and consumption which were nearly constant. 4) The difference of commercial circumstances of many goods influenced the differentiation of the trends in their prices to a great extent. In order to reach the conclusions, this paper tests the data of the price of rice and the commercial behaviour of merchants mainly in the Tsuchizaki port and the country markets near Tsuchizaki.
社会経済史学会の論文
1974-06-25

明治十年代の米価動向と米穀中継地市場

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