Department of Japanese History, Faculty of Letters, Keio University
Kiyotaka MAEDA, Ph.D.
Kiyotaka MAEDA
Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History
Department of Japanese History, Faculty of Letters, Keio University
Contact Information
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan
E-mail: k-maeda[at]keio.jp
Research Interests
Market History, Financial History, History of Economic Policy, Business
History, History of Japanese Colonies
I am researching how local commodity market trends and related policies
promoted economic advancement in Japanese colonies, analyzing the relationship
between the expansion of colonial trade in pre-war Japan and the quantitative/qualitative
transformation of the local commodity markets using salt and rice as examples
of essential commodities. To this end, I am surveying and collecting historical
materials which exist in Japan as well as in former colonies, attempting
a multifaceted approach that includes qualitative analysis using descriptive
materials such as letters and handwritten notes as well as quantitative
analysis using ledgers and price data.
(http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty/japanese-history/)