<Articles>The Political Structure of the Reform in Domain Government : The Formation of Historical Consciousness in Tokushima Han

本稿は、近世中後期における藩政改革の際の政治構造について、徳島藩における宝暦・明和改革及び寛政改革を事例として考察した。藩政改革において、社会的・政治的状況(財政窮乏・百姓一揆等) に規定された政治課題に対して、政治権力がどのような理念でもって、どのような形態をとって対処しようとするのかという側面において、先例認識のあり方が大きく影響し、政治構造を規定した。当該時期の政治改革はまず第一に倹約・風儀統制政策として行われ、藩政の時期区分認識としての藩政史認識が形成された。そして、定着した藩政史認識に基づく先例を根拠として、その後の諸政策が展開したのである。ただし、先例重視とはいっても、当該時期の課題に応じた柔軟な先例解釈が行われており、これは近世政治秩序の保守性と柔軟性の双方を同時に示している。This paper considers the reforms of the Horeki, Meiwa, and Kansei eras in Tokushima han as an example of the political structure of reform in domain governments in the middle and the latter part of the early modern period. In regards to domain political reform, consciousness of precedent had great influence and governed the political structure in terms of which types of concepts or forms of political power were to be exercised in dealing with the political issues determined by social and political situations (e.g., financial crises, peasant uprisings, etc.). Political reform was primarily carried out as a policy to control economic and social behavior at the time, and consciousness of domain political history was formed on recognition of distinct periods of domain political history. Thus, subsequent policies were thereafter developed based precedents that were formed by a set historical consciousness. Although precedent was seriously considered, flexible interpretations of precedent were made to suit contemporary issues. This demonstrates the simultaneous use of conservative and flexible aspects in the early modern political order