The Origins of Japan's Modern Forests The Case of Akita

• Main Author: Totman, Conrad (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Hawai'i Press 1985
• Series: Asian Studies at Hawaii
• Subjects: Asian history; The Earth: natural history general; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; Applied ecology; History; Asian Studies; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Agriculture
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The woodlands of Japan vary substantially from north to south, and the patterns of their use and abuse differed from area to area during the Edo, or early modern, period (1600-1868). Nevertheless, the basic characteristics and rhythms of forest history were common to all of Japan (except the sparsel...