Studies in the Historical Geography of Japan, 1988-1995

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Abstract:This paper reviews major studies in historical geography in Japan published after 1988. After a brief summary of the recent trends in historical geography in Japan, the studies are reviewed under five headings: 1) Changes of rural landscape, 2) Urban transformation, 3) Population and migration, 4) Traffic and transportation, and 5) Religious and imagined world.

Land-use configuration under traditional agriculture in the Kanto Plain, Japan: a historical GIS analysis

“…Mizoguchi 1996) and the traditional rural landscape of Japan, the satoyama , Katoh et al 2009, Morimoto 2011. These studies provide evidence that relatively permanent paddies and fields surrounded villages, while an outer zone of woodlands and grasslands were the sources of organic material necessary to support rural livelihoods.…”