Bocho Fudouchu Shinan - Bocho Fudouchu Shinan

A geographical map compiled by the Choshu (Hagi) Domain. It consists of 463 volumes and was established in 1842 (Tenpo 13). As part of the Tenpo Reforms, the domain planned to compile a "Kokugunshi" (County and County Register), and as a source of information, it was compiled under the supervision of the magistrate's office, with detailed village information submitted from all towns and villages within the domain. Each item includes the origin of the village name, the number of ri (ri = 1.5 m), the village's small names, the state of the mountains and rivers, the condition of the land within the village, the water level (worst case, flood damage, drought damage), the amount of fertilizer and undergrowth, the temperature and climate, the planting season, the area of ​​rice fields and rice yields, whether the rice was included in the treasury or was provided as a share, the amount of tax, the location of the rice granary, road traffic, and Otateyama Town. It is divided into sections such as the number of villages, the mountains that were given to the villagers, the mountains under the grounds of shrines and temples, the river bridges, the ditches and reservoirs, the number of households and occupations, the resident samurai and subordinate retainers, the number of cattle and horses, an overview of customs, an overview of industries, local products, bamboo and wood, birds and animals, seafood, shrines and temples, and famous places and historical sites. The end of the volume lists statistics on the village's products, rice and silver income and expenditure, etc., around 1842. In addition, only the Mitajiri official seal contains documents such as the old documents of Hofu Tenmangu Shrine. The original is in the possession of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Library. The printed version consisted of 21 volumes and one supplementary volume, published between 1961 and 1966.

[Hasegawa Seiichi]

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長州（萩(はぎ)）藩で編纂(へんさん)した地誌。463巻。1842年（天保13）の成立。同藩が天保(てんぽう)改革の一環として企画した「国郡志」編纂の資料として、藩内全域の町村から村明細を注進させ、代官所が監修して集成したもの。各項目は、村名由来、竪横(たてよこ)里数、村内小名(こな)、山川の形勢、村内日請(ひうけ)土地相、水懸(みずがか)り善悪水損・旱損(かんそん)の別、肥(こや)し下草の多少、気候の寒暖植付物時節、田畠(たはた)面積石高(こくだか)、御蔵入(おくらいり)・給領の別、租税額、御米蔵所在地、道路交通、御立山(おたてやま)町数、給領御預山、地下合壁山(じげがっぺきやま)、入会(いりあい)山野、社寺境内山、河川橋梁(きょうりょう)、溝(みぞ)溜池(ためいけ)、戸数及(および)職業別、在住諸士足軽(あしがる)陪臣(ばいしん)、牛馬数、風俗の概要、産業の大概、物産、竹木、禽獣(きんじゅう)、魚介、神社寺院、名所旧跡などに分けて編述してある。巻尾には、1842年ごろの村内物産、米銀の収支などの統計数値を載せる。ほかに三田尻宰判(みたじりさいばん)にのみ、防府(ほうふ)天満宮古文書などの文書を収載。原本は県立山口図書館所蔵。活字本は、本編21冊と別巻1冊が1961年（昭和36）から66年にかけて刊行された。

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