Visualizing population in Japan during the Tokugawa period

[in Japanese]

Data sources

• Population: Hayami Akira (ed., 1992) Edo-jidai Zenkoku Kuni-betsu Jinkô Hyô (A Table of Population by Provinces (Kuni) in the Tokugawa Period)
• Outline of provinces: Imazu Katsunori (Okayama Univ.) http://www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp/~kimazu/map/map.html

This page is a display of work in progress. It may be changed without notice.

Time-series graphs of population density (Link to another page, presently in Japanese)

Maps of population density; Maps of increase rate of population

(Part 1) Population density at each census; Increase rate at each interval between censuses
C.E.	Japanese year	Pop. density (person / km2)	Info source	Note (based on Hayami 1992)	Increase rate (%/year)	Note (my guess)
1721	Kyôhô 6		a
1750	Kan'en 3		a	Excluded (too large): Suruga
1756	Hôreki 6		a	Excluded (too small): Tsushima Exchanged: Noto & Kaga
1786	Tenmei 6		b
1792	Kansei 4		c	Excluded (too small): Izu, Mikawa, Mimasaka		Possibly too small: Kai
1798	Kansei 10		b	Excluded (too small): Izu		Possibly too large: Kai
1804	Bunka 1		b
1822	Bunsei 5		b	Excluded (too small): Shimôsa		Possibly too large: Tôtômi, Suruga
1828	Bunsei 11		b	Excluded (too small): Tsushima Corrected (too large): Kai
1834	Tenpô 5		b	Excluded (too small): Shimôsa		Likely too large: Izu, Echizen, Kai. Likely too small: Shimotsuke, Hitachi, Suruga, Ômi
1840	Tenpô 11		c	Excluded (too small): Izu		Likely too large: Shimotsuke, Hitachi, Suruga, Ômi
1846	Kôka 3		a	Excluded (too small): Izu
1872	Meiji 5		e
(Part 2) Increase rate in combined time intervals
1828 - 1840
1721 - 1846
1721 - 1872
(Part 3) Linear regression		↓Intercept		↓Slope	↓Increase rate by regression
1721 - 1846 (Rep. year 1800)
(Part 4) Population density in the present era
2015	Heisei 27		National Census

Notes on Sources

Sources on population

• Hayami Akira (速水 融) 監修, 1992: 国勢調査以前日本人口統計集成 I。原書房。
  • 別巻 1 「江戸時代 全国国別人口表」。

(The table is also included in the following book.)

• Hayami Akira (速水 融), 2009: 歴史人口学研究。藤原書店。
  • Chapter 3「人口統計史から見た明治維新」, Table 3-4 「幕府調査国別人口表」。

Sources which are taken by Hayami (1992)

• a: Sekiyama Naotarô (関山 直太郎), 1958: 近世日本の人口構造。吉川弘文館。 137-139.
• b: Takahashi Bonsen (高橋 梵仙), 1971: 日本人口史研究。日本学術振興会。 107-149.
• c: Minami Kazuo (南 和男), 1978: 幕末江戸社会の研究。吉川弘文館。 166-178.
• d: Minami, 1984: 寛政四年の諸国人口について。『日本歴史』 432号 42-47.
• e: 「日本全国戸籍表」(another part of the book of Hayami, 1992)

Geographic information of the provinces

• Imazu Katsunori (今津 勝紀): 旧国日本地図 (shape版)。 http://www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp/~kimazu/map/map.html

Software used for mapping, as well as calculation of areas of provinces and population density

• Tani Kenji (谷 謙二), 2016-2021: Geographical Information System MANDARA10 ver. 10.0.1.5 for Windows 7/8/8.1/10。 https://ktgis.net/mandara/