@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000329,
 author = {KUROSU, Satomi},
 journal = {Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {Using the longitudinal population registers of Shimomoriya (1716-1869), a village in northeastern Japan, this study attempts to uncover the life courses of adopted sons and examines the commo interpretation of adoption as an heirship strategy.  Adoption was always common in Shimomoriya during the 150 years of observation.  Although this tendency is similar to observations in other villages, the peak age of adoption was early at 15-19.  The study also reveals the different mechanisms of heirship strategy, indicated by the geographical mobility and sibling composition, which were the basisof the three different types of adoption--ordinary adopted sons (futhu-yoshi), sons-in-law (muko-yoshi), and adopted husbands (nyufu).  Among the adopted sons, 40% made their way to household headship while others died, divorced, or left before becoming heads.  Afterwards, their headship was not automatic.  The life table analysis suggests that the first three years for ordinary chanve of becoming heads decreased, and they might have spent the rest of their lives as peripheral kin of the household.  The first seven years were important for sons-in-law and if they passed these years without being divorced, their right to heirship was almost certain, although it might have come slowly.  The bortheastern pattern of early marriage and frequent remarriage may be also applied to the practice of adoption.},
 pages = {171--189},
 title = {Adoption as an Heirship Strategy? : a Case from a Northeastern Village in Pre-industrial Japan},
 volume = {9},
 year = {1997}
}