Forests as cultural assets and the cultural assets created from them
Some of you may make it a routine to take a walk in a park for your health or to refresh your mind. The word "park" is used in a word [...].
I believe that Japan is a country of "wood" and "water". However, when we look at the lifestyle of Japanese people today, it is the past tense of "it was a country [...].
In the book "Forestry: German Forests and Japanese Forestry" by Yukikazu Murao, which I introduced in the previous issue, you will find that in the early 17th century, Germany was suffering from timber poverty (Germany: [...]) due to over-cutting.
*Previously, three forest philosophies were formed under the influence of regional characteristics in Germany Read "Forestry: German Forests and Japanese Forestry" by Yukikazu Murao (in Japanese) [...
*Part 1 is hereThe challenges faced by the "Hozoku" forestry philosophy, which was born in 18th century Germany, a country where forests were overgrown, are described in Yukikazu Murao's "Forestry: German Forest [...]
In my previous column, I wrote that Japanese chopsticks were originally "not a tool for carrying our food" and that "the material is made of wood [...].
I am interested in the forestry industry in Germany. There are three reasons for this. One is that Germany is a country that has realized cultivated forestry alongside Japan. And [...].
*Part 1 is here Kumazawa Bansan, the pioneer of Japanese forest history, was a thinker without discovery.
I have read three books in this column so far, trying to get an overview of the history of the Japanese people and forests. In the process, I became somewhat curious [...].
Chopsticks? What does that have to do with forests?" You may be thinking, "What does chopsticks have to do with forests?" but Japanese chopstick culture and food culture have a deep relationship with trees. [...].
*Part 1 is here: Blow to Local Forest Resources through Distribution Control by Edo's Imperial Procurement Merchants Read "Edo Gaku of Forests" by Tokugawa Forestry History Institute ( [...])
I read Conrad Tatman's book and found that although Japan's forests were almost destroyed by overcutting in the early Edo period, our ancestors [...].
*Click here for the first part, which reveals the two crises Japan has faced due to over-cutting of forests Conrad Tatman, "How the Japanese [...]...
Tokuji Chiba's "A Study of Hageyama" shows that there was severe forest devastation during the Edo period. Then, if we look at Japanese history as a whole [...].
*Part 1 is here A famous book discussing local forest overuse and historical background Reading "Hageyama no Kenkyu" by Tokuji Chiba (Part 1) Tokuji Chiba "Hage [...].
We know that when forests are disturbed, the water retention capacity of mountain areas is reduced and large amounts of sediment are washed downstream, forming overhead rivers and deepening harbors at the mouths of rivers [...].