Wood Job!
Kamusari naa naa nichijō
2014
Shinobu Yaguchi
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žUrbanization of Japan
žHistory of Forests in Japan
žJapanese Forests Today
žForests and the Japanese
ž
ž2 points to explain
•rōnin
•festival

žmost of the land uninhabitable
žrapid urbanization after WW2
ž65% of population
ž in agglomerations
ž of 1M+(5th in
ž the world)
ždepopulation of
ž rural areas
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ž7% live in rural areas
ž35% of cities/towns/villages defined as depopulating (about 30% decline in population in last 45
years)
žattempts to stop depopulation to preserve the countryside
žcampaigns to promote „UJI turns“
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žuntil 16th century
•exploitative use of forests, deforestation for arable land
–construction (eg. Nara and Heian period booms)
–fuel
–heavy use in 16th century wars
•imporant for agriculture (water, leaf litter as fertilizer..)
ž17th century>Tokugawa regime prosperity
•exploitation unsustainable > silviculture
–villages start to manage forests (made responsible by gvt)
–plantation techniques (hinoki, sugi)

1894 – Shiga Shigetaka napsal Nihon fúkeiron kde popisuje kterak Evropané na hory chodí pro zdraví,
jako sport, ne aby se setkali s božstvy. V Japonsku dříve na hory chodily pouze náboženské skupiny.
Od roku 1894 také přichází konskripční model, takže je třeba, aby populace byla silná a zdravá a
lezení po horách je propagováno.

žend of 19th century
•wood still heavily used > forests consist of rather young trees (pine, beech)
•reforestation complete by 1920
žWW2 brings substantial deforestation
•1950s-70s reforestation – largely hinoki and sugi
ž1980s – decrease in demand for forest products, demographic change > neglected forests
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žabout ½ plantations, ½ natural
žhigh timber imports, number of forestry workers decreasing (with urbanization)
žneglected but important in preventing landslides
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žrole of forest small in modern society
•shift from agriculture to urban life
žnatural forests have little recreational use
•inaccessible: steep slopes, damp climate > dense vegetation
•artificial x natural forest
žmystical place
•kami can dwell in trees, shrine chinju no mori
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žrōnin
•masterless samurai > student belonging nowhere
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ž
žmatsuri
•Suwa festival (onbashira)
–Nagano prefecture, once in 6/7 years
•playful child-like state closest to kami
•sense of belonging: to the earth, to the community