Hawks and Hawking Grounds of Saga Han in the 17th Century

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  • ITO Akihiro
    Center for Regional Culture and History, Saga University : Associate Professor

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  • 17世紀佐賀藩における鷹と鷹場
  • 17セイキ サガハン ニ オケル タカ ト タカバ

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The purpose of this paper is to organize the situation in the 17th century in order to advance research on Hawk and hawking grounds of Saga Han. Katsusige Nabeshima, the first lord of the Saga Han, liked hawking very much and had established a hawking grounds throughout the Saga plain. He cherishes and monopolized the hawking grounds of the Saga-gun, Ogi-gun, Kishima-gun where the crane arrived, in particular. When his sons Motoshige, Naozumi, Naotomo became independent, Katsushige established control over the hawking grounds for them. By restricting the use of hawking grounds in Saga-gun, Ogi-gun, Kashima-gun, they were clearly regarded as vassals of the lords. The second lord, Mitsushige Nabeshima did not like the hawk as much as his grandfather, but he used the hawk to form the rank order of the vassals. First, he established the ”Shoryo-kata”, a office that manages the hunting of the Saga Han. In addition, he enacted ”Shoryo-kata Gohatto” (law on hunting) and clarified the rank of vassals over the use of hawks.

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