2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Forestry Management and Flora in coastal areas of Hiroshima Prefecture in the Edo Period
| Project/Area Number |
11610344
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
SATAKE Akira Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (00127656)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | Seto Inland Sea Area / Satoyama / Floras of Rural Forest / Fuel for Salt Workings |
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| Research Abstract |
During the Edo period in the Setonaikai region, forest harvesting has proceeded remarkably in order to supply the demand for fuel, fertilizer, and fodder.
In this research project, I deciphered documents of forestry (Otateyama Otomeyama Noyama Koshibayashi cho 1726), and tried to restore old floras of rural forest in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Then it turned out that personal lands (koshibayashi) were mainly covered with bamboo and other grasses, brush, and small pine. And communal lands (noyama), the less effectively managed forest areas, were severely exploited to be denuded mountains.
Especially in coastal areas overcutting increased because of its convenience for shipping to consumer : a large city Hiroshima or salt work village Takehara. The floras of rural forest were tightly concerned with their conditions of traffic location and works of village.
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