Research on CHIKAKYOURYOKUSHA[治河協力社, Civil Engineering Association]: starting from primary historical documents

Meiji government

This study attempts to historicize CHIKAKYOURYOKUSHA[治河協力社], association for the flood control of the Tenryu River, founded by Kinpara Meizen (1832-1923) with volunteers in 1874, based on primary historical documents. Until now, there has been no research on the "CHIKAKYOURYOKUSHA" using primary historical documents, except for “Kinpara Meizen”[『金原明善』] by Shintani Kuro published in 1968. In light of these historical issues, this study uses "office documents" as a clue to clarify the trajectory of communication between the company and Shizuoka Prefecture over the Certificate of Bond Allowance and the specific phases of Meizen's network with government officials in the late 1877s.