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287 The name of the domain or intendancy is followed by year of introduction. A dagger (†) following the date indicates subsidies; an asterisk (*) indicates surveillance. APPENDIX SEVEN Childrearing Subsidies and Pregnancy Surveillance by Domain Tsushima 1667† Shinjō 1694* and 1718* and 1733*, 1751† Fukuoka 1736† in Munakata-gun, 1764† in whole domain, 1800* Shōnai 1739† Nihonmatsu 1745†, 1805* Miharu 1746†, 1788* Shirakawa 1749† in Sukagawa, ca. 1789 in entire domain† Kurume 1749† Shinjō 1751† Kurobane 1762† Sendai 1768† in Kesen-gun, fund for whole domain in 1794†, comprehensive policies in 1807†* Kumamoto ca. 1770†* Takanabe ca. 1770† Aizu 1776†, reinforced 1805†, 1825* Karasuyama 1779† Takada 1781†* Tsuyama 1781* Ōtawara 1782† Asō 1783†* Karatsu 1783†* Sōma 1787† Kuse Intendancy 1789* Ichinoseki ca. 1790† Iwahana Intendancy 1791† Izumi 1792† Mito 1791†* Tsuchiura 1791†, 1833* Yonezawa 1792†* Yūki 1792†, 1794* Hanawa 1792†, 1794* Akita 1797† in Shimotsuke possessions, 1807† in Senboku-gun, 1822† in Hiraka-gun and Ogachi-gun, 1828† in castletown, 1823* according to one source Mōka Intendancy 1797†* Fujioka Intendancy ca. 1798† Obata 1799† Tayasu 1790s†, by 1858* Kamigō Intendancy 1801†* Isesaki 1802† Annaka 1806†, 1808* Kasama 1809†* Kumihama Intendancy ca. 1810† in Yoshino-gun SOURCES The single most comprehensive source on the infanticide countermeasures of the Edo period is the work of Takahashi Bonsen, Datai to mabiki no kenkyū and his magisterial threevolume Nihon jinkōshi no kenkyū. In addition, the list draws on the following sources: 1. Works by individual authors: Chiba, “Akago yōikuhō no hottan”; Endō, “Aizu-han”; Hironaga , “Tsushima-han”; Honjō, “Rakuō-kō,” “Ōu shohan,” “Shirakawa-han,” “Ikushisaku shiryō,” and Nihon jinkōshi; Chichibu Ōmiya-gō Murayakunin, Satsuji kyōsei kokoroe (1863); Kalland, Tokugawa Fishing Villages, 256–257; Kalland and Pedersen, “Famine and Population in Fukuoka Domain”; Kodama, Kinsei nōmin seikatsushi, 268, 275; Kusano, Shiryō de miru onnatachi, 120–134, 150–155; Matsueda, Aizu-han; Mizuno, “Kazusa, Shimōsa”; Narimatsu, Edo jidai no Tōhoku nōson, 47; idem, Edo jidai no nōson no kurashi, 122–125; Nishigai, “Edo kōki no nyoninkō,” 164; Ohara, “Sendai-han”; Ooms, Charismatic Bureaucrat, 57–59; Ravina, Land and Lordship, 78–79; Sakurai, “Mabiki to datai,” 104–106; Sawayama, “Sendai hanryō-nai,” Shussan to shintai, and Sei to seishoku; Kikuchi, “Shichigashuku ”; Tabata, “Kōhai suru nōson,” 85–88; Takahashi, “Kinsei no jinkō shisaku”; Yatabe, “Akago yōiku shihō ni tsuite”; Yokota, “Karatsu-han”; and Yoshimi, “Sendai-han.” 2. Local histories (omitting many that confirm or elaborate the information in the sources above): Annaka shishi 2, 556–557, and 5, 49; Chiba kenshi Meiji-hen, 487–488; Chichibu shishi, 308–312; Chōkai chōshi, 538–540; Fukushima shishi 7, 561, and 8, 579–581; Haga chōshi tsūshihen Kinsei, 754, 771, 858; Iwaki shishi 9, 394–395; Kahoku-chō no rekishi jō, 759–760; Kanuma shishi shiryōhen Kinsei 1, 307–309; Karasuyama chōshi, 210; Katsuda shishi Chūseihen Kinsei-hen, 852; Kōriyama shishi 3, 67–72; Kurobane chōshi, 328–329; Kurume shishi 2, 327–328; Minamikawachi chōshi shiryōhen 3, 940–942; Mito shishi chū 2, 593–595; Mōka shishi 3, 273–288; Naraha chōshi 1, 376–381; Saga shishi 2, 621–622; Sakura shishi 2, 140; Shinjō shishi 3, 41–42, 423–424; Tōwada chōshi 2, 305–308; Ushiku shishi Kinsei, 383–385; and Yamamoto chōshi, 331–333. This list is limited to sources on the inception of policies and is not exhaustive; most local histories in Eastern Japan discuss the infanticide countermeasures of the late Edo period and many have published some of the sources these generated. 3. Reference works: Heibonsha Chihō Shiryō Sentā, eds., Nihon rekishi chimei taikei. 4. Documents in Gunma Prefectural Archives, Amada, Butō, Kurosawa, Takahashi, and documents; Ibaraki University Library Tsuruta documents; and Juntendō University Yamazaki Collection. Matsuyama ca. 1810† in Kazahaya-gun, 1838† in Kamiukena-gun Oshi by 1810† Kōri Intendancy 1814†* Nanokaichi 1816† Minamiyama Okurairiryō ca. 1817† Numata 1818†* Maebashi 1822† The villages of Ueguri and Mishima (bannerman territory) in Agatsuma-gun 1828† Moriyama 1831† Obi 1832†* Komoro 1833† Sakura 1838†, 1847* Ushiku 1851†* Yashima 1853†* Shogunal territories in Shinano Takai-gun 1861* Iwamurata 1863†* Bannerman Kōriki in Kazusa, ca. 1854–1868* 288 APPENDIX 7 ...

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