무사계급과 양자제도(養子制度)의 관련성 연구

Abstract

Relatives represented as adopted children were especially important in samurai society as an important keyword for understanding Japanese society. In the absence of a successor, it was not only used as a means of adopting close relatives such as younger brothers and nephews, but also as a means of expanding military power in the Middle Ages. It is said that in the Edo period, a prototype of Japanese patterns of behavior, such as organizations and decision-making methods, was created. However, it is also a time when hereditary traditions have taken root. Another example is the hereditary succession of politicians. Since the Meiji era, many Japanese believe that even if there was some historical development in the pre-modern era, it had nothing to do with Japan's modernization = Westernization genealogy. However, since the Meiji era, Japanese researchers have begun to recognize that there is a certain direction in Japanese culture. This recognition shows the process of samuraiization in Japanese life. It expanded and strengthened its influence through various forms of kinship as well as samurai society in the Middle Ages. More than 150 years after the end of samurai rule, there are still many things related to samurai in various parts of Japan. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate the influence of samurai on daily life and the decision-making method of samurai organization. In order to investigate the development of adoptive system without regard to pure blood, we focus on the Edo period.