江戸中後期における鉱山集落の存続に関する一考察 : 飛騨国茂住銀山を事例として

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In this paper, it is examined how the mining settlement of Japan continued between the eighteenthcentury and the first half of the nineteenth century, through the case of the Mozumi silver mine. The Mozumi silvermine was exploited and its mining settlement, "Mozumi ginzan" flourished in the late sixteenth century andmany people had gathered from various area of central Japan. In late seventeenth century, the silver mine and itsmining settlement declined quickly. While they cultivated poor fields, most of the inhabitant gathered the lead orein the old adits or the old ore dressing site for living. A small number of wealthy inhabitants supplied them withfunds and goods for mining. They have accumulated the fortune by the trade. Mozumi ginzan located at the one ofthe important point on the main road which linked Takayama and Toyama.In many cases of Japanese mine in the florescence, the mining settlement was designed in consideration ofconvenience of the goods circulation and traffic in order to carry in a large quantity of various daily commodities forthe residents and goods for mining. While the management function or the wealthy resident had left the settlementand the population had reduced remarkably, the location of mining settlement that was superior in traffic and thecirculation could help the continuation of the mining and the mining settlement.