明治期の阿波藍業の動向と地域経済(2006年度シンポジウム 歴史の転換期における藍)

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• In rural villages which were situated north of the Yoshino River, in eastern Shikoku, indigo cultivation progressed. According to the survey conducted in 1740, indigo was grown in seventy percent of the villages along the Yoshino River, that is, 237 villages out of 331 villages in seven counties, and the indigo cultivation acreage reached 3,000cho(unit: 1cho= 2.451acres). Through the late eighteenth century indigo cultivation further developed and the acreage reached 6,500cho in 1800. The indigo cultivation acreage doubled in sixty years from 1740 to 1800. The Awa domain developed into a major indigo production area. However, the imports of foreign-produced indigo increased after the opening of Japan to foreign trade. According to trade statistics from Nihon Boeki Seiran (Foreign trade of Japan: A statistical survey) the imports of natural dry indigo expanded in the middle of the Meiji period. The import volumes surpassed 200,000kins (120,000kilograms (kgs)) at about the end of the 1880's. The figure reached 480,000kins (288,000kgs) in 1892, 950,000kins (570,000kgs) in 1896, and neared 2,000,000kins (1,200,000kgs) at the end of the 1890's. It seems that the Awa indigo industry was faced with increasing competition from the imported indigo. The author investigated the response of the Awa indigo industry to the new competitive conditions, taking the cases of indigo manufacturers and indigo merchants in the province of Awa-Tokushima from the Tokugawa period to the Meiji period. The case studies undertaken are those of the Okumura family, the Kinouchi family, and the Takahashi family from Itano County, which was a part of the center of indigo production along the Yoshino River. Their business revenues, mainly based on the indigo industry, stagnated. Consequently the Takahashi family could not help closing the indigo business. In order to get over the difficulties caused by the expanding inflow of foreign indigo, irrigation schemes were promoted in the villages along the Yoshino River. In 1908 the Asana-irrigation canal was built south of the Yoshino River and the Itana-irrigation canal was built north of the Yoshino River. Rice crop developed and Rice field acreage expanded steadily in the northern part of Tokushima prefecture.

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著者

• 天野 雅敏

  神戸大学

関連論文

• 石井寛治・原朗・武田晴人編, 『日本経済史 1 幕末維新期』, 東京大学出版会, 2000年, xvi+291+16頁 / 石井寛治・原朗・武田晴人編, 『日本経済史 2 産業革命期』, 東京大学出版会, 2000年, xvii+360+15頁
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