近世在郷町の労働市場と労働移動 : 陸奥国安積郡郡山町を中心に

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The purposes of this paper are to investigate the role of middle-sized townships in the Tokugawa labor market, with respect to both supply and demand, and to consider the factors determining the migration of laborers to townships from surrounding villages. Koriyama, in Northeastern Japan, was the political and economic center of Asaka-gun, and thus it enjoyed a high volume of regional trade and traffic during the Tokugawa era. The township played a significant role in absorbing surplus labor from the 41 outlying villages that together comprised Asaka-gun. Labor migration to Koriyama fell into two categories: 1) Young women from other regions who worked as prostitutes; 2) Men and women from Asaka-gun who became indentured servants. Both proximity to Koriyama and local economic conditions determined the number of servants moving into Koriyama from its environs. As Koriyama's economic importance grew, its larger merchants became more likely to employ day laborers rather than servants on annual contracts. This encouraged permanent relocation to Koriyama by migrant workers, and was a major factor in the township's increase in population.
社会経済史学会の論文
2000-03-25