Bulletin of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Science Shimane University

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Bulletin of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Science Shimane University 11
2006-09-30 発行

近代島根県における中山間地の農家・農村の経済構造 : 島根県邑智郡3か村『農事調査報告書』の比較検討

The historical study for economic structure of farmer and farm village in hilly and mountainous area : A case study of Shimane prefecture in modern Japan
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This paper aims to make clear the historical characteristics of the farmer and farm village economy and the policy at the beginning of twentieth century. Especially it was picked up as a case study of the farm villages in Chugoku mountainous district. In this time it was nation widely investigated the actual condition of farm villages and farmer economy and its promotion. It was called the local improvement movement, “Chosonze”, in Shimane Prefecture “agricultural investigation document”, called Nojichosahokokusyo. In this paper it is analyzed3farm villages in Shimane prefecture, Ohchi gun selected. It comes to the conclusion that the traditional iron industry, called “tatara” and the charcoal industry declined but the earnings of new transportation by the maintenance of road and working away from home were appeared. However, it still wasn’t seen with the promotion of new agriculture such as sericulture business and the charcoal industry and side business.