Akira Hayami

Akira Hayami (Native:速水融）was the emeritus professor of Keio University and the first to introduce historical demography in Japan. Professor Hayami is also famous for coining the concept called "Industrious Revolution",which points out the socio-economic change from capital-intensive to labor-intensive one.[1]

Career[2]

1929: Born in Tokyo, Japan

1948: Entered The Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

1950: Graduated from Keio University

1968: Became the professor of Economics at Keio University

1994: Received Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from Japanese government

1995: Japan Academy Prize (academics)

1991: Emeritus Professor of Keio University

2000: Person of Cultural Merit

2001: Elected to be a member of Japan Academy

2008: elected to be a Honorary Member of French Academy of Sciences

2009: Received the Order of Culture from Japanese government

2019: Passed away on December 4th

Industrious Revolution

First, professor Hayami generated household micro database called Basic Data Seat, with religious inquisition registration (native:宗門改帳). [3]Next, based on this database, he observed about 900 villages in Nobi region and exploited the following fact.[4] Number of livestocks in these villages decreased gradually from late 17th century to 19th century, while population and production increased or constant. People's life expectancy was also pointed out to be improved over 10 years[5]. These facts implies that the quantity of human labor input without livestocks would have increased with aggregate output constant, which he named Industrious Revolution[6]. This is Japanese pioneering research to describe population dynamics before Industrial Revolution with statistical methods[7] .

References

1. 金井雄一・中西聡・福澤直樹 (2014). 『世界経済の歴史　グローバル経済史入門』. 名古屋: 名古屋大学出版会. pp. 86, 333. ISBN 978-4-8158-0642-2.
2. 速水, 融 (2020). 『歴史人口学事始めー記録と記憶の九十年』. 東京: 筑摩書房. pp. 324–332. ISBN 978-4-480-07299-3.
3. 速水, 融 (2020). 『歴史人口学事始めー記録と記憶の九十年』. 東京: 筑摩書房. pp. 313–319. ISBN 978-4-480-07299-3.
4. 速水, 融 (2020). 『歴史人口学事始めー記録と記憶の九十年』. 東京: 筑摩書房. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-4-480-07299-3.
5. 速水, 融 (2020). 『歴史人口学事始め－記録と記憶の九十年』. 東京: 筑摩書房. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-4-480-07299-3.
6. 速水, 融 (2020). 『歴史人口学事始め－記録と記憶の九十年』. 東京: 筑摩書房. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-4-480-07299-3.
7. 日本学士院 (1995). 『経済学博士速水　融氏の『近世濃尾地方の人口・経済・社会』に対する授賞審査要旨. 東京: 日本学士院.

External links

• https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/index.html