"Former Highness and Former Territory Investigation Book" - "Former Highness and Former Territory Investigation Book"

...To know the names of old villages nationwide, it is useful to refer to the Tenpo Village Register (a village register prepared by the shogunate and held by the National Archives of Japan) or the Former High and Former Territories Investigation Register (prepared by the Meiji government and included in the Nihon Shiryo Sensho). Village documents were prepared by the headman or village headman's house, so many of them are kept in the homes of the headman or village headman of the old village (of course, there are many cases where they are completely discarded or transferred to institutions such as archives). ...

*Some of the terminology used in the "Former Highways and Territories Investigation Book" is listed below.

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…旧村名を全国的に知るには《天保郷帳》(郷帳。幕府作成，国立公文書館蔵)あるいは《旧高旧領（きゆうだかきゆうりよう）取調帳》(明治政府作成，《日本史料選書》所収)が便利である。村方文書は名主･庄屋宅で作成されたから，旧村の旧名主･庄屋宅に保存されている例が多い(もちろんまったく廃棄されたり，文書館などの機関に移管されている場合も少なくない)。…

※「《旧高旧領取調帳》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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