@article{oai:tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp:00046682, author = {渡部, 圭一 and WATANABE, Keiichi and 芳賀, 和樹 and HAGA, Kazuki and 加藤, 衛拡 and KATO, Morihiro}, journal = {筑波大学農林社会経済研究, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA RURAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY}, month = {Dec}, note = {The objective of this paper is to announce the republication of Minatoke Monjo archives and, based on analysis of these archives, to elucidate the relationship between the Ani mine and its mountain-based villages in the Meiji Era. During the Edo Era, Minatoke served as an official in Arase village (present day Ani-arase district, Kita-akita City, Akita Prefecture). Upon entering the Meiji Era, Minatoke became a contract supplier, providing various forest resources including lumber, charcoal and firewood to mines. Up this point, very little was known regarding the administration of the Ani mine in the Meiji Era. In this research, the following points were elucidated based on analysis of historical records related to contract work (ukeoi) performed by Minatoke in the second and third decades (1880s and 1890s) of the Meiji Era. First, individuals who became mine contractors were from houses of high social standing and were called oyakata [boss] (and are still called oyakata by locals today). Oyakata were highly literate, had good document management skills, and close relationships with mines. In addition to occupying the top rung of the economic ladder, oyakata, by undertaking contract work, created employment opportunities in villages. Second, the contract work carried out by oyakata relied on national forests in the villages. The provision of lumber, which began in the Meiji Era, entailed the felling and transportation of large numbers of coniferous trees. Oyakata who ventured into unfamiliar areas of work had to overcome numerous difficulties. Third, the scope of contract work undertaken by oyakata expanded to the new resource of coal. Oyakata were able to develop coal transportation as a new industry by joining riverboat worker organizations that had been established in the Edo Era. Based on the analysis above, this paper elucidates the close economic and social ties between mines and their mountain-base village communities mediated by oyakata in the modern era.}, pages = {1--72}, title = {<論文>明治中期阿仁鉱山をめぐる山麓村の林産物請負生産 : 旧秋田藩領荒瀬村肝煎・湊家文書の解題と翻刻}, volume = {33}, year = {2017}, yomi = {カトウ, モリヒロ} }