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Scientific Foresters and Colonial Forestry in the Japanese Empire

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21H00502
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 01080:Sociology of science, history of science and technology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Komeie Taisaku  京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10315864)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 中山 大将  釧路公立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (00582834)
竹本 太郎  東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 講師 (10537434)
三島 美佐子  九州大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (30346770)
水野 祥子  駒澤大学, 経済学部, 教授 (40372601)
永井 リサ  帝京大学, 経済学部, 講師 (60615219)
中島 弘二  金沢大学, 人文学系, 教授 (90217703)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Keywords環境保全 / 帝国主義 / 森林保護 / 帝国大学 / 国有林 / 植生 / 林政 / 林学 / 帝国日本 / フォレスター / 植民地 / ポストコロニアル / 森林破壊 / ポストコロニアリズム / 歴史認識 / 林業 / 科学的林業 / 帝国林業 / 環境保全主義 / 技術官僚
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、明治後期から昭和戦前期にかけての、帝国日本のフォレスター(林学者や林政官僚、林業技術者、林業家)が、本国と植民地(ないし勢力圏)において、どのようにして人材と学知のネットワークを築き、植民地化された人々と接しながら、「帝国林業」を展開したのかを問うものである。さらに、帝国日本が展開した「科学的林業」によって確立した森林保全的な思想が、旧植民地にもたらしたポストコロニアルな影響を検討する。その際、近代科学の発展を帝国主義の空間的な展開のなかで捉えるとともに、イギリス帝国との比較を通じて日本の「帝国林業」の特色を捉える。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The academic foresters, who became the leaders of _scientific forestry_ in modern Japan, introduced it to various parts of Imperial Japan. They occupied leading positions in forestry administration and forestry economy in Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin, and even _Manchukuo_ and Southeast Asia. Although forestry in the colonies were initially largely developed individually, after the 1920s, the perspective of _imperial forestry_, which was intended to supply and conserve the forest resources of the Japanese empire as a whole, became clearer. It aimed to protect the forestry industry within the inner empire as well as to develop forestry in the Northeast and Southeast Asia. The perspective of scientific forestry was carried over to the former colonies after the Asia-Pacific War, but there were significant regional differences. In particular, the prewar experience of _imperial forestry_ was behind Japanese trading companies which intended to promote _tropical forestry_ in Southeast Asia.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「科学的林業」は現代の環境保全的な思想の源流の一つであるが、近代日本においてはそれが本国・植民地の林政と結びついて展開した。その背景には、植民地経営上の用材の自給やストックの確保という政治的な判断があった。とりわけ日本内地においては森林保全の価値観が浸透したが、そこには帝国主義的に領土を拡張した日本のあり方が深く関わっていた。本研究は、現代において肯定的に捉えられる環境保全的な価値観が、政治的な文脈のなかで成長してきたこと、そしてかつての日本の「帝国林業」が、東アジアの森林環境に大きな影響を与え方ことを示している。環境と政治の深い関係を考える上で、本研究は多くの示唆を与えるものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (43 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (13 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results) Book (11 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Western Sydney University(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] (書評)松沢裕作著『日本近代村落の起源』2023

    • Author(s)
      竹本太郎
    • Journal Title

      林業経済

      Volume: 76(5) Pages: 9-11

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 境界地域を問い続ける引揚者:工藤信彦『樺太覚書』とサハリン島近現代史2023

    • Author(s)
      中山大将
    • Journal Title

      民衆史研究

      Volume: 105 Pages: 41-58

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 釧路製紙業の産業社会史:本州製紙・王子製紙釧路工場従業員とその家族の聞き取り2023

    • Author(s)
      平田亮介・中山大将
    • Journal Title

      釧路市立博物館紀要

      Volume: 41 Pages: 41-49

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 釧路製紙業の産業社会史-本州製紙・王子製紙釧路工場従業員とその家族の聞き取り-2023

    • Author(s)
      平田亮介・中山大将
    • Journal Title

      釧路市立博物館紀要

      Volume: 41 Pages: 41-49

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 新たな焼畑像を探る:佐々木高明の研究を超えて2022

    • Author(s)
      池谷和信・米家泰作・佐藤廉也
    • Journal Title

      季刊民族学

      Volume: 46(3) Pages: 92-107

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Hybridity of Colonial and Postcolonial Forestry in Environmental History: An Introduction2022

    • Author(s)
      MIZUNO Shoko
    • Journal Title

      International Review of Environmental History

      Volume: 8 Pages: 129-134

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Hybrid Forestry Practices in British Colonial and Postcolonial Forestry Networks2022

    • Author(s)
      MIZUNO Shoko
    • Journal Title

      International Review of Environmental History

      Volume: 8 Pages: 135-154

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 百年前の日本の領域―百年前を調べるときに考えるべきこと―2022

    • Author(s)
      米家泰作
    • Journal Title

      地理

      Volume: 2022年1月号 Pages: 21-29

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本領樺太移民社会の医療と衛生問題2022

    • Author(s)
      中山大将・巫リャン
    • Journal Title

      釧路公立大学紀要人文・自然科学研究

      Volume: 34 Pages: 9-31

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 焼畑から見た日本2022

    • Author(s)
      米家泰作
    • Journal Title

      月刊みんぱく

      Volume: 46(2) Pages: 8-9

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Hybrid forestry practices in British colonial and postcolonial forestry networks2022

    • Author(s)
      Shoko Mizuno
    • Journal Title

      International Review of Environmental History

      Volume: 8 Pages: 135-154

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 林業経済学会2021年春季大会シンポジウム 近代化と森林管理:知の普及に注目して2022

    • Author(s)
      竹本太郎
    • Journal Title

      林業経済

      Volume: 75(4) Pages: 1-15

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 書評:水野祥子著『エコロジーの世紀と植民地科学者-イギリス帝国・開発・環境』2022

    • Author(s)
      中島弘二
    • Journal Title

      西洋史学

      Volume: 273 Pages: 70-72

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Quantitative aspects of forest management and timber trade in the Japanese Empire2023

    • Author(s)
      Taro Takemoto
    • Organizer
      The 7th Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Between the exclusion and promotion of swidden agriculture in imperial Japan: How did scientific foresters rediscover indigenous agroforestry?2023

    • Author(s)
      Taisaku Komeie
    • Organizer
      The 7th Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Settler Colonialism of Foresters in Karafuto, a Subarctic Territory of the Japanese Empire2023

    • Author(s)
      Taisho Nakayama
    • Organizer
      The 7th Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Formation and development of tropical forestry in modern Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Koji Nakashima
    • Organizer
      The 7th Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] エコロジーと開発:第二次世界大戦後の英領アフリカと植民地科学者2023

    • Author(s)
      水野祥子
    • Organizer
      第48回歴史学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鳥獣害被害に関する行政文書の保存について:熊本県の事例を中心に2023

    • Author(s)
      永井リサ
    • Organizer
      記録管理学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Utilization of Grass and Wood in Common-use Imperial Land and Incorporation to Conservation Forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in the Early 20th Century2022

    • Author(s)
      TAKEMOTO Taro
    • Organizer
      International Union of Forest Research Organizations 3.08
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 熊本県における農林業関連行政文書の管理保存について:「農林業センサス」を中心に2022

    • Author(s)
      永井リサ
    • Organizer
      記録管理学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 食の〈質〉的貧困と合理性―樺太米食撤廃論から考える食の〈自由〉と食の〈正義〉―2022

    • Author(s)
      中山大将
    • Organizer
      2022年度日本農業史学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Utilization of Grass and Wood in Common-use Imperial Land and Incorporation to Conservation Forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in the Early 20th Century2022

    • Author(s)
      Taro Takemoto
    • Organizer
      IUFRO Okinawa
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Education and spatial network of imperial foresters of Japan: Career analysis of graduates from imperial universities2021

    • Author(s)
      Taisaku Komeie
    • Organizer
      The Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Conservation and exploitation: Japan’s tropical forest development in Southeast Asia during the 1930s-1960s2021

    • Author(s)
      Koji Nakashima
    • Organizer
      The Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Forestry and Indigenous Land Use in Postcolonial India2021

    • Author(s)
      Shoko Mizuno
    • Organizer
      The Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exclusion and Collaboration in the Forest of Empire: Activities of Forestry Organizations in Karafuto (Southern Sakhalin) and Hokkaido2021

    • Author(s)
      Taisho Nakayama
    • Organizer
      The Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 紀伊山地はなぜ歴史の舞台になったか2024

    • Author(s)
      米家 泰作
    • Total Pages
      156
    • Publisher
      古今書院
    • ISBN
      9784772261234
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Environmental History in Japan [分担執筆:KOMEIE Taisaku, TAKEMOTO Taro, NAKASHIMA Koji, Chapter 14-16]2023

    • Author(s)
      Fujihara Tatsushi (ed)
    • Total Pages
      279
    • Publisher
      Japan Documnets
    • ISBN
      9784909286
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 地域森林管理の長期持続性[分担執筆:竹本太郎「市町村合併を免れた学校林の長期利」]2023

    • Author(s)
      志賀和人ほか(編)
    • Total Pages
      340
    • Publisher
      日本林業調査会
    • ISBN
      9784889652758
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 帝国日本と森林:近代東アジアにおける環境保護と資源開発2023

    • Author(s)
      中島弘二(編)
    • Total Pages
      388
    • Publisher
      勁草書房
    • ISBN
      9784326103201
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本帝国の膨張と縮小:シベリア出兵とサハリン・樺太[分担執筆:中山大将「北サハリンと〈樺太〉農林資源問題:〈北樺太〉農林資源調査と1930年代の木材輸入を中心に」255-276頁]2023

    • Author(s)
      原暉之・兎内勇津流・竹野学・池田裕子(編)
    • Total Pages
      456
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784832968905
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 帝国日本と森林-近代東アジアにおける環境保護と資源開発-2023

    • Author(s)
      中島弘二(編)
    • Total Pages
      388
    • Publisher
      勁草書房
    • ISBN
      9784326103201
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Environmental History in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Fujihara Tatsushi (ed) (T. Komeie, T. Takemoto, K. Nakashima, Chapter 14-16)
    • Total Pages
      279
    • Publisher
      Japan Documents
    • ISBN
      9784909286147
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本帝国の膨張と縮小-シベリア出兵とサハリン・樺太-2023

    • Author(s)
      原暉之・兎内勇津流・竹野学・池田裕子(編)(中山大将:第10章)
    • Total Pages
      456
    • Publisher
      北海道大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784832968905
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 林業遺産―保全と活用にむけて―2022

    • Author(s)
      柴崎茂光・八巻一成(編)(竹本太郎:第12章)
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784130760317
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Placing Critical Geographies: Historical Geographies of Critical Geography2022

    • Author(s)
      Berg, L., Best, U. and Larsen, H. G. (eds) (K. Nakashima, T. Fukuda, and T. Haraguchi: Chapter 6)
    • Total Pages
      342
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9781409431411
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 科学史事典2021

    • Author(s)
      日本科学史学会(編)(水野祥子・中島弘二「林学と森林 自然資源保全の世界史」)
    • Total Pages
      758
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621306062
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 東京農工大学科学博物館「帝国日本と森林-近代東アジアにおける環境保護と資源開発」

    • URL

      https://www.tuat-museum.org/%E3%80%902023-10-20-12-23%E3%80%91renkeijunkaiten

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 帝京大学総合博物館「帝国日本と森林-近代東アジアにおける環境保護と資源開発」

    • URL

      https://teikyo.jp/museum/exhibition/2024-sub-shinrin/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 巡回展示「帝国日本と森林」箱崎会場

    • URL

      https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/events/view/1468/

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 樺連情報DB

    • URL

      https://app.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/infolib/meta_pub/G0000311kfpw0001KBJH

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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