Taiko Kenchi Hideyoshi Ga Mezashita Kuni No Katachi (Chukoshinsho)

[Machine Translation] The policy implemented by Hideyoshi Toyotomi (Hashiba), the "Taikoo Kanchi". What was its innovation? Hideyoshi dispatched magistrates to conquer each region and carried out land inspections. By numerically ascertaining the amount of stones across the country, he centralized ruling power in the hands of the shogunate, making it easier to add to or subtract from the national territory, or to transfer the land to other provinces. The results of this centralization would later become the basis for the Edo shogunate's rule. This book describes the actual situation of the Taiko kenchi and shows the significance of the Taiko kenchi, which was not merely a policy on the land system, but also a major change in the social structure of Japan.

豊臣(羽柴)秀吉が実施した政策、太閤検地。その革新性はどこにあるのか―。秀吉は、各地を征服するたび奉行を派遣し、検地を断行。全国の石高を数値で把握し、加増や減封、国替えを容易にすることで、統治権力を天下人に集約した。中央集権の成果は、のちに江戸幕府の支配基盤ともなる。本書は、太閤検地の実態を描き、単なる土地制度上の政策にとどまらず、日本の社会構造を大きく変えた意義を示す。