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Damico John Clark
Section
Organization for International Initiatives
Job title
Assistant Professor
Degree

  • Ph.D. (Yale University)

  • M.A. and M.Phil. (Yale University)

  • B.A. (Yale University)

Education 2

  • Yale University　Department of History　Ph.D., M.A., M.Phil.

    2017/08 - 2024/05

  • Yale University　East Asian Studies　B.A.

    2011/08 - 2015/12

Committee Memberships 1

  • 名取市市史編さん専門部会　専門部員（近世）

    2025/07 - Present

Professional Memberships 5

  • The Historical Science Society of Japan

    2025/05 - Present

  • The Socio-Economic History Society

    2025/05 - Present

  • 東北文化研究室

    2025/04 - Present

  • The Tohoku Historical Society

    - Present

  • 国史談話会

    - Present

Research Interests 7

  • ジェンダー史

  • 社会史

  • 金融史

  • 経営史

  • 経済史

  • 地域社会論

  • 日本近世史

Research Areas 2

  • Humanities & social sciences / Economic history /

  • Humanities & social sciences / History - Japan /

Awards 3

  1. Arthur and Mary Wright Prize

    2024/05　Yale University Department of History

  2. Japanese Studies Fellowship

    2022/03　Japan Foundation

  3. Fulbright Fellowship

    2016/09　Fulbright Program

Papers 3

  1. Business Organization in Early Modern Japan Peer-reviewed

    John D'Amico

    Enterprise and Society　2026/06

    DOI： 10.1017/eso.2026.10131 　

  2. 近江商人と地域社会 : 近江商人中井源左衛門家の石巻質店を事例に Peer-reviewed

    ジョン ダミコ

    歴史 = Tohoku historical journal / 東北史学会 編　142　29-56　2024/04

    Publisher: 仙台 : 東北史学会

    ISSN： 0386-9172

  3. The making of paper money in early modern Japan Peer-reviewed

    John D'Amico

    The Economic History Review　77　(3)　873-894　2023/10/31

    Publisher: Wiley

    DOI： 10.1111/ehr.13303 　

    ISSN： 0013-0117

    eISSN： 1468-0289

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    Abstract This article explores the conception and execution of paper currency schemes in Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868). Paper currency was widely used as a form of local money in early modern Japan, but has received close to no attention in Anglophone scholarship even amid a recent upsurge in interest in the global history of money. From the perspective of monetary history, Tokugawa paper currency presents an intriguing puzzle. Even as paper currencies repeatedly collapsed in value, they remained in common use as an essential component of the early modern monetary system. Using the case of Sendai domain, a large fiefdom in northeastern Japan, the article argues that the monetary practices and expectations of ordinary subjects transformed paper money, created through partnerships between the samurai ruling class and powerful merchant financiers, from a tool meant to serve the interests of state finances into a low‐denomination currency convenient for everyday transactions, resulting in the bills’ surprising longevity as a form of small change. Drawing on approaches that centre the role of non‐state and marginal actors in the making of money, it sheds new light on the political economy of late Tokugawa Japan and offers new insights into the global history of money.

Misc. 3

  1. The Documents of Hōzawa Invited

    John D'Amico, Yanagihara Toshiaki

    The Japanese History Journal　(66)　左1-左27　2026/01

  2. English Translation Series: Japanese Economic Thought <5> Yamagata Banto, "On Great Knowledge," with an introduction by Yasuo Takatsuki, John D'Amico, and Taro Hisamatsu Invited

    Takatsuki Yasuo, John D'Amico, Hisamatsu Tarō

    The History of Economic Thought　67　(1)　25-45　2025/06

  3. 「村落」回顧と展望 二〇一九年の歴史学界—Historical Studies in Japan, 2019 Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    史学雑誌 / 史学会 編　129　(5)　658-660　2020/05

    Publisher: 東京 : 史学会 ; 1889-

    ISSN： 0018-2478

Books and Other Publications 1

  1. 共同の営為としての歴史学 : 現代社会と歴史学 : 塚田孝先生退職記念論集

    ジョン・ダミコ

    塚田孝先生退職記念論集刊行委員会　2020/07

Presentations 24

  1. Merchant Lending and the State in Early Modern Japan Invited

    John D'Amico

    Connective and Comparative Histories of Early Modern Finance, Institute for Advanced Study　2026/04/10

  2. Digitization and Research on Sources in the Economic History of Japan at Tohoku University Invited

    John D'Amico

    Japanese Studies in Japan and Belgium　2026/03/19

  3. Borrowing Trouble in Early Modern Japan Invited

    John D'Amico

    Japanese Studies in Japan and Belgium　2026/03/19

  4. Debt and Contract Enforcement in Early Modern Japan

    John D'Amico

    Association for Asian Studies　2026/03/12

  5. 小谷文書から見える近世後期日本の社会と経済 Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    東北大学所蔵近世・近代日本経済史史料のデジタル化と総合研究の可能性　2026/02/07

  6. 近世日本の株仲間に関する一考察‐東北大学附属図書館所蔵の小谷家文書を中心に‐ Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    国際交流基金 日本研究フェローカンファレンス　2025/11/08

  7. 近世後期仙台藩における流通制度の諸問題－薬種仲間文書を中心に－ Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    東京大学CIRJE経済史研究会　2025/10/20

  8. Guilds, Market Information, and Price Controls in Early Modern Japan

    John D'Amico

    Economic History Association　2025/09/06

  9. 仙台藩薬種仲間文書からみた近世日本の流通・取引制度の諸問題 Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    日本近世の都市と社会・再考―世界的な視野から―　2025/07/05

  10. 近世日本における近江商人の経営組織―比較史的な視点から― Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    早稲田大学 現代政治経済研究所 グローバル経済史研究部会　2025/04/29

  11. Rethinking the Household and the Firm in Early Modern Japan

    John D'Amico

    Current Directions in International Japanese Studies　2024/12/12

  12. Debt, Merchants, and the State in Early Modern Japan

    John D'Amico

    The Business History Conference　2024/03/15

  13. Commercialization and Status in Early Modern Japan

    2024/01/04

  14. Merchant Capital in Tokugawa Japan

    John D'Amico

    2023/05/27

  15. Lending, Contract Enforcement, and the Criminal Underworld in a Tokugawa Port Town

    Economic and Business History Conference Doctoral Workshop　2023/05/24

  16. On the relationship between Ōmi merchants and local society Invited

    Marginal Social Groups’ Experiences of Modernity: Building Bridges between Historians of Asia in Japan and the West　2022/12/09

  17. Merchants and Samurai in the Making of the Tokugawa Fiscal State

    John D'Amico

    2022/11/17

  18. 近江商人と地域社会－中井源左衛門家の石巻質店を事例に

    ジョン・ダミコ

    史学会大会　2022/11/13

  19. Rescuing and Preserving Historical Documents and Materials during and after Natural Disasters Invited

    International Committee of Historical Sciences　2022/08

  20. 近世後期石巻における質屋経営と出入り－近江商人中井源左衛門家を事例に

    ジョン・ダミコ

    東北史学会　2021/10/03

  21. What was a merchant house in Tokugawa Japan? The case of the Nakai Genzaemon

    John D'Amico

    2020/06/08

  22. Understanding the firm in early modern Japan: the house of Nakai Genzaemon and late Tokugawa commercial society

    John D'Amico

    2019/11/14

  23. 京都古文書 Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    「周縁的社会集団と近代」史料読解ワークショップ　2018/07/14

  24. アメリカでの日本史研究の可能性 Invited

    ジョン・ダミコ

    三都市研究会　2017/01/17

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Research Projects 1

  1. 近世日本における大規模商人経営と全国市場の展開－近江商人中井源左衛門家を中心に－

    ダミコ ジョン・クラーク

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費助成事業

    Category: 若手研究

    Institution: 東北大学

    2026/04/01 - 2029/03/31

Social Activities 3

  1. 石巻の「悪者」たちと近江商人

    2022/11/27 -

  2. 仙台藩と近江商人

    2022/10/20 -

  3. 幕末期桃生郡の土地再開発における近江商人と地域

    2018/08/18 -