Japan's imperial forest, Goryōrin, 1889-1946 [electronic resource] : with a supporting study of the Kan/Min division of woodland in early Meiji Japan, 1871-76 / by Conrad Totman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Totman, Conrad D.

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal forests--Japan.

Royal forests.

Royal forests--England.

Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Folkestone [England] : Global Oriental, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first study of its kind to trace the history of what was to become one of Japan’s major resources and a model of conservation and forestry management. Central to the planning of the Meiji reformers was securing the long-term financial stability of the Imperial household that would not leave it exposed to the whims of future political and economic change. The solution was the goryorin , or imperial forests. Over time, however, the acquired land generated controversy within the framework of law and other imperatives, and was finally abandoned by the Occupation authorities because of the political ideology that was its raison d’être in the first place. In Part II, the author explores the great early Meiji debate between government and people ( kan/min ) concerning the reorganization of woodland in Japan, which in essence was a contest for control of the realm. By 1889 the Tokyo government, despite having 80 percent of the people ( min ), then living in villages, against them, completed their programme of forest consolidation, leading the way to their rationale for the goryorin allocation.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / C. Totman

Introduction / C. Totman

Chapter 1. Historical Background / C. Totman

Chapter 2. Establishing Goryōrin / C. Totman

Chapter 3. Reducing Goryōrin / C. Totman

Chapter 4. The Case Of Yamanashi Goryōrin / C. Totman

Chapter 5. Managing Goryōrin: Plans And Performance / C. Totman

Chapter 6. Managing Goryōrin: Aspects Of Practice / C. Totman

Chapter 7. Goryorin: An Assessment / C. Totman

Chapter 8. The Kan/Min Division Of Woodland In Early Meiji Japan, 1871–76 / C. Totman

Appendix A. Measurements And Glossary / C. Totman

Appendix B. Forests And The Imperial Fisc / C. Totman

Appendix C. Goryōin In Law / C. Totman

Appendix D. Supplemental Figures / C. Totman

Appendix E. Supplemental Tables / C. Totman

Notes / C. Totman

Bibliographical Essay / C. Totman

Bibliography Of Works Cited / C. Totman

Index / C. Totman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-90647-6

9786611906474

90-04-21342-2

OCLC:

753480462

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246304.i-184 DOI