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The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan CONRAD TOTMAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE GREEN ARCHIPELAGO This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms A Book The Philip E. Lilienthal imprint honors special books in commemoration of a man whose work at the University of California Press from 1954 to 1979 was marked by dedication to young authors and to high standards in the field of Asian Studies. Friends, family, authors, and foundations have together endowed the Lilienthal Fund, which enables the Press to publish under this imprint selected books in a way that reflects the taste and judgment of a great and beloved editor. This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE GREEN ARCHIPELAGO Forestry in Preindustrial Japan CONRAD TOTMAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY Los ANGELES LONDON This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms This book is a print-on-demand volume. It is manufactured using toner in place of ink. Type and images may be less sharp than the same material seen in traditionally printed University of California Press editions. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1989 by The Regents of the University of California LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Totman, Conrad D. The green archipelago: forestry in preindustrial Japan/ Conrad Totman. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-520-06313-9 (alk. paper) i. Forests and forestry Japan. 2. Forest policy—Japan. I. Title. SD225.T67 1989 333.75'15' °952—dc 19 88-17504 GIF Printed in the United States of America This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms For Kathy and Chris who have so enriched my days on This Beautiful Planet This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:50 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi A Brief Chronology xiv Maps xv Introduction: An Overview of Preindustrial Japanese Forest History I Part One: A Millennium of Exploitation Forestry 7 1. The Ancient Predation, 600-850 9 2. Forests and Forestry in Medieval Japan, 1050—1550 34 3. Timber Depletion during the Early Modern Predation, 1570—1670 50 Part Two: The Emergence of Regenerative Forestry in Early Modern Japan 81 4. The Negative Regimen: Forest Regulation 83 5. Silviculture: Its Principles and Practice 116 6. Plantation Forestry: Economic Aspects of Its Emergence 130 7. Land-Use Patterns and Afforestation 149 Vll This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:52 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms viii Contents Conclusion 171 Bibliographical Essay: Scholarship on Preindustrial Japanese Forestry, 1880-1980 191 Notes 215 Glossaries 253 General Glossary 253 Glossary of Vegetation 260 Bibliography 263 Index 291 This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:52 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Illustrations Maps 1. Early Modern Japan xv 2. Areas Logged by Monumental Builders xvi 3. The Kinai Basin xvii 4. Provinces of Tokugawa Japan xviii 5. Major Rivers and Mountains xix 6. Central Japan xx 7. Cities and Towns xxi 8. Geographical Distribution of Late Edo-Period Afforestation (on private land) xxii Figures I. Changes in a Hypothetical Forest Site 176 ix This content downloaded from 218.17.40.106 on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:55:57 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms
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