YUSUKE SATO

Despite the dearth of research focusing on the guarantee and provision of financial support from the Tokugawa Bakufu to the imperial court, there is a more concrete aspect from which to view the relationship between the two institutions. Any examination of this aspect would necessitate clarifying the situation and activities of the fiscal agencies under each. In the related research to date, little attention has been paid to court finances, especially such institutions as the sadamedaka 定高制 (fixed income) system, which formed the court's basic fiscal framework during the Kansei 寛政 Era (1789-1801). The preceding article focused on the Kansei and Bunka 文化 Eras (1789-1817) and pointed out that 1) new institutions like the sadamedaka system, which gave new guarantees to the court of a fixed fiscal base within which to operate, functioned smoothly during the initial phase, but 2) towards the end of the Kansei Era, outlays began to increase once more. This article turns to the Bunsei and Tenpo Eras (1818-1844), during which sudden rises in outlays prevented the new fiscal framework from functioning effectively, due to the frequent interim requests for funds made by the imperial household, forcing the Bakufu to channel funds from loans and silver earmarked for the maintenance of its Kyoto Magistrate (Kyoto Machi-Bugyo 京都町奉行 and Deputy (Kyoto Daikan 京都代官). Therefore, It can be said that the Bakufu was giving the imperial household fiscal constant guarantees.