근세(近世) 일본의 ‘다비(旅)’ 연구

Abstract

‘Tabi’ has been continuously affecting human life in many forms. It would not be wrong to say that many supplies, knowledge, and information necessary for human life has been shared by ‘Tabi.’ The Japanese pre-modern period is the era that was kept peaceful for about 260 years under Tokugawa regime. Edo Bakuhu improved the transportation policy to maintain Bakuhan system, and organized the infrastructures such as horse and laborers for smooth information delivery and goods transportation. As the result, traveling government officials, Daimyous who are traveling in and out of Edo due to Sankinkoutai system, and furthermore peasants and Chounins could go on ‘Tabi’ without too much difficulty. The main objective of this paper is to study the figure of ‘Tabi’ amongst many forms of pre-modern period Japanese culture. In detail, it is to examine how ‘Tabi’ of common citizens, who fills up most portion of the population, affected the pre-modern society. The five chapters of this thesis is as in the following. Chapter 1 : ‘Tabi’ of common people shown in Isemairi, Chapter 2 : ‘Tabi’ of Shokyuni, a woman in peasant class, Chapter 3 and 4 : ‘Tabi’ of Kutsukake Nakako and Simura Kyouka, who are both merchant class women, and lastly Chapter 5 : ‘Tabi’ in a Westerner Kaempfer’s eyes. The subject of each chapters will be organized together, in order to study the actual condition of ‘Tabi’ of common people, especially concentrating on women. Through this process, the thesis will help to understand a slice of pre-modern Japanese society.