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• The market, which is based on various institutions and systems such as exchanges and legal regulations, forms prices and allocates goods and services. This study conducts a qualitative examination of historical materials pertaining to fundamental institutions and systems. Additionally, it employs quantitative analysis on high-frequency trade data to capture historical changes in the function and operating conditions of the market in the Japanese Empire during the modern period. By dynamically investigating the role of the market from a historical perspective, this study aims to acquire knowledge that can enhance our understanding of market function and contribute to its improvement.

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• Keio Economic Observatory, Research Member

Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 2023.09

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  2024.02

  Yonsei University, Underwood International College, Lecturer

• 2023.09

  Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Lecturer

• 2022.09

  University of Milan, Faculty of Political, Economic, and Social Sciences, Lecturer

• 2021.09

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  2022.09

  Fukushima University, Graduate School of Economics, Adjunct Lecturer

• 2021.09

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  2022.03

  Waseda University, School of Commerce, Adjunct Lecturer

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 2015.07

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

• 2010.04

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  2013.03

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Withdrawal after completion of doctoral course requirements, Doctoral course

• 2008.04

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  2010.03

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

• 2004.04

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  2008.03

  Keio University, Faculty of Economics

  University, Graduated

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

• Ph.D., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2015.07

  The Government Monopoly Policy and Its Market Foundation in Modern Japan: The Case of the Salt Monopoly System and Salt Market in the Meiji and Taisho Periods

• M.A., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2010.03

• B.A., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2008.03

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese history

• Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic history

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Money and finance

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Business administration

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

• Rice Exchange (Rice Futures Trade)

• Colony (Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria)

• Black Market

• Time-series Analysis

• Commodity Distribution

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

• Cliometrics, 

  2010.04

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  Present

• Business history, 

  2010.04

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  Present

• Financial history, 

  2010.04

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  Present

• Economic History of Japanese Colonies, 

  2010.04

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  Present

Books 【 Display / hide 】

Books 【 Display / hide 】

• Modern East Asian Economic History of Cereal (forthcoming)

  Maeda Kiyotaka; Shinone Takuto, Keio University Press, 2025

  Scope: The pricing of rice markets in Osaka and Kumamoto

• Development of Brewing Industry and Rural Industrialization: The Japanese Regional Economy in the Premodern and Modern Periods

  Ioku Shigehiko; Nakanishi Satoru, Keio University Press, 2023.09

  Scope: The expansion of product portfolio and low-end market in an indigenous industry: The selling of knockoff brands to rural areas by the Takanashi family, a soy sauce manufacturer, from the 1890s to the 1910s,  Contact page： 207-242

• Salt and Empire: Market, Monopoly System, and Colony in Modern Japan

  Maeda Kiyotaka, Nagoya University Press, 2022.02

• Dissolution of the Japanese Empire: The Migration and Upheaval of Regional Society

  Yanagisawa Asobu; Kurasawa Aiko, Keio University Press, 2017.06

  Scope: Academic investigation of the Japanese occupied area during the Second Sino-Japanese War: Focusing on the Shanxi Gakujutsu Chosa Kenkyu-dan in 1942,  Contact page： 129-159

• Soy Sauce Brewing Industry and Regional Industrialization: A Study of the Takanashi Hyozaemon Family

  Ioku Shigehiko; Nakanishi Satoru, Keio University Press, 2016.06

  Scope: The procurement of raw materials in the modern period: The development of transportation infrastructure and change in the origins of raw materials,  Contact page： 255-297

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Colonial pricing for the metropole's market: Taiwanized rice prices in Japan during the 1930s

  Maeda Kiyotaka; Tsai Lung-Pao

  KEO Discussion Paper (Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University)   ( 191 ) 1 - 50 2025.06

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Joint Work, Corresponding author

• Swinging unstable market after the Great Depression: Daily rice pricing of Japan's futures and spot trades

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  KEO Discussion Paper (Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University)   ( 179 ) 1 - 64 2024.04

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Corresponding author

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  This study quantitatively investigates daily rice prices in Osaka’s futures and spot markets from 1925 to 1939 to examine how the futures market served as the index price of the spot trade under the government’s frequent interventions. The functions of the futures market fundamentally varied with seasons in response to the rice harvest. After the Great Depression, the government extended its manipulations to control rice prices, and its interventions greatly reduced the futures market’s role at times other than during the harvest season. Consequently, the unstable futures market functionally swung in the 1930s.

• Market-based financing for small corporations during early industrialisation: The case of salt corporations in Japan, 1880s-1910s

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Business History (Taylor & Francis)  65 ( 3 ) 502 - 524 2023.04

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author, Accepted

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  © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study investigates how small corporations in rural areas of Japan obtained funding from the 1880 s through the 1910s and reassesses the role of market-based financing for Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While most previous literature shows that Japan effectively used bank-based financing for SMEs, this study provides evidence that corporations of various sizes, including small ones in rural areas, arranged funding through the stock and bond markets during Japan’s early industrialisation period. While this type of financing arrangement helped promote early industrialisation, it also strengthened the dual economy during full-fledged industrialisation.

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• Tiny rural banks and regional economies: Finance for the salt industry in Utazu, Kagawa prefecture, 1898–1919

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Keizaishi Kenkyu (Study of Economic History) (Institute for Research in Economic History of Japan, Osaka University of Economics)   ( 25 ) 59 - 87 2022.01

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author

• Government interventions and excessive demand in Japan after the Russo–Japanese War: An analysis of the salt market under the monopoly system using VAR and VEC models

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Shigaku (The Historical Science) 89 ( 4 ) 1 - 39 2021.02

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work, Corresponding author

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Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

• Swinging unstable market after the Great depression : daily rice pricing of Japan’s futures and spot trades

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  KEO discussion paper (Keio Economic Observatory Sangyo Kenkyujo)   ( 179 )  2024.04

• Regional comparative study on rural industrialization by brewing industry and formation of Japanese food culture

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書 2022

• Government interventions and excessive demand in Japan after the Russo-Japanese War : an analysis of the salt market under the monopoly system by using VAR and VEC models

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  The historical science (三田史学会)  89 ( 4 ) 1(315) - 39(353) 2021.02

  ISSN  03869334

• Supply and demand of salt from Taiwan and Kwantung leased territory and its distributor in imperial Japan, 1890s-1910s

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  The historical science (三田史学会)  89 ( 3 ) 83(259) - 136(312) 2020.12

  ISSN  03869334

• Intraregional investment of small and medium-sized asset holders and regional economy transition in the Meiji period : the case of Ayauta County, Kagawa Prefecture

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  学事振興資金研究成果実績報告書 (慶應義塾大学)  2019

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• The era of financial monopoly: The Revision of the Salt Monopoly System by the Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Finance

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 4 ) 238 - 241 2022.12

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: The Criticism of the Salt Monopoly System After the Russo-Japanese War

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 3 ) 183 - 186 2022.09

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Policy for the salt industry and the Salt Monopoly System of Taiwan

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 1 ) 65 - 68 2022.02

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Import and trade of colonial salt

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 75 ( 4 ) 204 - 208 2021.11

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Salt market at the turn of the twentieth century

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 75 ( 3 ) 158 - 161 2021.08

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

• Rice futures trading in historical lens (TBA)

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  2025 International Symposium "Financialization of the food system: Contextualization in Japan and developing a research agenda" (Matsue Campus, Shimane University) , 

  2025.11

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  Symposium, workshop panel (nominated), The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics

• Colonial pricing for the metropole's market: Taiwanized rice prices in Japan during the 1930s

  Maeda Kiyotaka; Tsai Lung-Pao

  World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund University) , 

  2025.07

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  2025.08

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  Oral presentation (general), International Economic History Association

• From paddy to port: The role of northwestern Korean rice cultivation in interwar Japan

  Kahm Howard; Maeda Kiyotaka

  World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund University) , 

  2025.07

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  2025.08

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  Oral presentation (general), International Economic History Association

• From paddy to port: The role of northwestern Korean rice cultivation in interwar Japan

  Maeda Kiyotaka; Kahm Howard

  Mita Historical Society (Mita Campus, Keio University) , 

  2025.06

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  Oral presentation (general), Mita Historical Society

• Lucrative black marketeers in rural Japan: Entrepreneurial illicit tobacco business in the late 1940s

  Maeda Kiyotaka; Solis Jesus

  Socio-Economic History Society 94th Annual Conference (Kawauchi Campus, Tohoku University) , 

  2025.06

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  Oral presentation (general), Socio-Economic History Society

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• History of Manchurian Chemical Industry from the 1930s to the 1940s: Company Analysis by the Mukaibo Seiichiro's Documents

  2025.04

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  2028.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Yamamoto Yu, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

• Tobacco Black Market in Yamanashi Prefecture after the Second World War: Analysis on the Inspection Reports

  2025.04

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  2026.03

  Tobacco Academic Studies Center, TASC Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Solis Jesus, Research grant, Principal investigator

• 中世農業生産・流通量推計方法の構築

  2024.06

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  2030.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Keiichi NAKAJIMA, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

• Rice Pricing Mechanism of the Japanese Empire from the 1910s to the 1930s: Korean Rice and the Price Linkage Between Tokyo, Osaka, and Incheon

  2024.04

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  2027.03

  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Principal investigator

• Mechanism of futures rice pricing before the Second World War by utilizing time-series analysis on daily data

  2024.04

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  2025.03

  Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance, Research grant, Principal investigator

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Works 【 Display / hide 】

Works 【 Display / hide 】

• The lure of salt, Mita Hyoron, 1273, pp. 46-57

  Aoyama Shiho; Sugimoto Yu; Maeda Kiyotaka

  2023.01

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  Other, Joint

• Self-Introduction, Sanshokuki, 837, pp. 31-32

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  2021.08

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  Other, Single

• Painstakingly collecting historical materials, Mita Hyoron, 1224, p. 9

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  2018.07

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  Other, Single

• "Book report, no. 23, Newsletter of the Monopoly Bureau," Newsletter of Seinan Gakuin University Library, 183, p. 7

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  2017.11

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  Other, Single

• "Book report, no. 19, The History of Salt Monopoly," Newsletter of Seinan Gakuin University Library, 178, p. 7

  Maeda Kiyotaka

  2015.04

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  Other, Single

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

• Izutsu Toshihiko Academic Award

  2023.06, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• Research Award

  Akihiko NODA, 2017.02, Osaka Banker's Association

  Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

• President's Award

  2016.01, Seinan Gakuin University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• President's Award

  2014.03, Seinan Gakuin University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• Young Researcher Award

  2013.10, Business History Society of Japan

  Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• SURVEY OF JAPANESE HISTORY 4

  2025, Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• SEMINAR: JAPANESE HISTORY 2J

  2025, Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• SEMINAR: JAPANESE HISTORY 1J

  2025, Spring Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• SEMINAR : LECTURE OF JAPANESE HISTORY 4

  2025, Autumn Semester, Postgraduate, Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• SEMINAR : LECTURE OF JAPANESE HISTORY 3

  2025, Spring Semester, Postgraduate, Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• History 1: Japanese Economy during Meiji Era

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Advanced Studies in Japanese History (Correspondence Course): Japanese Economic History during Meiji Era

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Seminar: Lecture of Japanese History 4: Method and Significance of Cliometrics 2

  Keio University

  2018.04

  -

  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• Intensive Seminar IV (A)

  Keio University

  2018.04

  -

  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• Intensive Seminar II (A)

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• The Brink Between Japanese History and World History: Content and Problem of Colonial History Education

  Ibaraki Teacher Training Center, Training Course for the Improvement of the Leadership Ability to Enhance Cogitation, Acumen, and Expressiveness (Ibaraki Teacher Training Center)

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  2021.08

• Economic History of Japanese Colonies as Modern Japanese History: Research Trend and Actual Example of University Education

  Ibaraki Teacher Training Center, Training Course for the Improvement of the Leadership Ability to Enhance Cogitation, Acumen, and Expressiveness (Ibaraki Teacher Training Center)

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  2020.06

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

• Appearance on the Documentary Program “Family History: Egawa, Suguru”

  Shizuoka Station, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), NHK Documentary Program “Family History: Egawa, Suguru”, 2020.09

• Supervising Editor of the Morning Drama Serials “Manpuku”

  Osaka Station, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Morning Drama Serials “Manpuku”, 2018.09

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

• Economic History Society, 

  2014.04

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  Present

• Economic History Association, 

  2014.04

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  Present

• Association for Asian Studies, 

  2023.11

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  Present

• Business History Society of Japan, 

  2010.10

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  Present

• Socie-Economic History Society of Japan, 

  2009.01

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  Present

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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

• 2025.04

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  Present

  Councillor, The Socio-Economic History Society

• 2019.05

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  2021.04

  Management accountant, Mita Historical Society

• 2019.04

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  2022.03

  Manager of Kanto Region, Business History Society of Japan

• 2019.04

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  2019.10

  55th Annual Meeting Executive Committee, Business History Society of Japan

• 2019.01

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  2019.10

  Conference Committee, Business History Society of Japan

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