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PARKSCAPES GREEN SPACES IN MODERN JAPAN THOMAS R. H. HAVENS Parkscapes Parkscapes Green Spaces in Modern Japan Thomas R. H. Havens University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu Publication of this book has been assisted by a grant from the Kajiyama Publications Fund for Japanese History, Culture, and Literature at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. © 2011 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Havens, Thomas R. H. Parkscapes : green spaces in modern Japan / Thomas R.H. Havens. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3477–7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Parks—Japan—History. 2. Parks—Government policy— Japan. 3. National characteristics, Japanese. I. Title. SB484.J3H385 2011 333.78'30952—dc22 2010032654 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Publishers’ Design and Production Services, Inc. Printed by Edwards Brothers, Inc. ToKaren, forlove,learning,andlaughter beyondmeasureordescription Contents Preface xi Introduction: Parklands and Japan 1 UrbanGreenSpaces•Nations’Parks•ANewPublic,NewPublicSpaces 1. From Private Lands to Public Spaces: Early City Parks 19 EnjoyingCityPlacesintheEdoPeriod•TheGrandCouncilParks• ImperialUeno•ImagesoftheImperialCapital•ABroaderDiscourse ontheQualityofUrbanLife•WhoseHibiya?•IncrementalParkland Growth 2. National Parks for Wealth, Health, and Empire 53 ImaginingNationalSpaces•PetitionsforNationalParks•Forests andMonuments•CreatingDesiresforNationalParks•Pickingthe Parks•NationalParksinImperialSpaces 3. Visions of a Green Tokyo 85 TheKantoDisasterandCityParks•PrivateGiftstothePublic•The HomeMinistryandCityParksinthe1930s•AGreenBeltforthe Capital•IntheNation’sService•ParksandSocietyfromWarto Peace•Rebuilding vii Contents 4. Parks and Prosperity, 1950s–1980s 122 NewParksforaDemocraticNation•TheCityParksLawof1956and PlanningtheCapitalRegion•ParksandNationalDevelopment•Limited EnvironmentalProtections•UrbanGreenSpacesintheAffluent1970sand 1980s 5. Parks and New Eco-Regimes 154 NaturalParksandWildlifeProtection•NationalParksandInternational Recognition•ANewForestCulture•Eco-Regimes:VolunteersandRural Restoration•EcologyandCommerce•LawsfromAbove,Plansfrom Below•UrbanParksandTheirResidents•Eco-Regimes:Community Partners Afterword: Parks, the Public, and the Environment in Japan 187 Notes 195 Sources Cited 241 Index 265 viii s) p a M n o s el N Bill ( s k r a P al n o ati N n’s a p a J ix
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