A STUDY ON THE RULE OF THE TOWN HEADMAN THROUGH THE SUBSTITUTE LOT

The city of Edo was under the control of town headman. At first, it is assumed that one town headman was assigned to each town. Meanwhile, what kind of change was seen by the town headman's control when the ruled town was taken up and a substitute lot was given? The purpose of this study is to clarify what kind of expansion was achieved by having a town headman ruling a special town as a substitute lot. This study consists of two contents: 1. Considering about recognition to a substitute lot and a change of the town headman's controlled town from "Edo Chokan", 2.Considering about the town headman rule from the analysis of the type of the town headman rule, the expansion of the town headman rule and change in the town headman group by substitute lots. It became clear that through substitute lot, both the merchants and the town headman was able to expand.