Vol.75 No.1 (2023)
Contents
YANO Keiji
Management Policies for the Society’s Fiscal Years 2022–2024 (1)
Article
TAKEUCHI Shoichiro
Realization Process of Luxury Grape Production in Katashimo Village, Nakakawachi County, Osaka Prefecture:
Focusing on Progressive Farmer Practices in the Meiji Era (3)
Research Note
TAWA Masataka
Descriptions of Traditional Fixed Fishing Gear, Ishihibi, in the Geography of Fisheries:
Research by Keiichi Yoshida and Yoshihiko Yabuuchi (25)
Book Reviews (48)
Meeting Reports
Outline of Special Presentations in the 2022 Annual Meeting (60)
Miscellany (91)
Submission Form (114)
Notices (117)
Abstract
Realization Process of Luxury Grape Production in Katashimo Village, Nakakawachi County, Osaka Prefecture:
Focusing on Progressive Farmer Practices in the Meiji Era
TAKEUCHI Shoichiro
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
In modern Japan, along with the ongoing urbanization and industrialization, fruit production and production areas have become increasingly widespread. Fruit production and transport using railroads has developed in areas remote from large cities; meanwhile, production near large cities has either survived or expanded. Grapes are one of the most representative fruits of suburban agriculture. Among the grape-growing regions, Katashimo Village in Osaka Prefecture (now Kashiwara City, Osaka Prefecture) specialized in grapes earlier than other regions, such as Yamanashi and Okayama Prefectures, and achieved luxury grape production. This study examined how luxury grape production was achieved through the overall practice of the livelihood activities of a progressive farmer in Katashimo Village. Our analysis of his diary revealed how the progressive farmer achieved intensive production by focusing on his various practices and livelihood activities. To expand grape production, this farmer reduced the mountain work, sericulture, and field work to his family’s livelihood. Furthermore, such progressive farmers have played an important role in providing technical and financial assistance to other producers; they have proactively negotiated with brokers, wholesalers, and transporters and coordinated their interests based on the relationships among families in the village.
Key words: suburban agriculture, grape, progressive farmer, Katashimo Village, modern Osaka
Descriptions of Traditional Fixed Fishing Gear, Ishihibi, in the Geography of Fisheries:
Research by Keiichi Yoshida and Yoshihiko Yabuuchi
TAWA Masataka
Emeritus Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University
A stone tidal weir, named ishihibi, is a traditional large-scale fixed gear that is constructed using stones in seaward slopes where tidal changes are pronounced. It holds schools of fish that come ashore during high tide and catches them during low tide. This paper examines how ishihibi fishing has been represented in the geography of fisheries in Japan and its descriptions by geographers, focusing on research papers published from 1950 to 1980. The first geographer to record ishihibi was Keiichi Yoshida. He clarified that ishihibi fishing, which exists in the Ariake Sea, is a characteristic fishing activity that is performed according to the natural environment. Yoshihiko Yabuuchi then focused on ishihibi in the context of the stages of development and global distribution of fishing gear. Based on Yabuuchi’s research, geographers in the 1960s and 1970s, engaged in surveys and research in coastal areas around the world. They mainly regarded ishihibi fishing as one of the indicators of fishing culture and provided many descriptions of it. However, in the 1980s, studies and descriptions of ishihibi disappeared. This sudden lack of research interest in ishihibi was caused by methodological limitations of research on fishing culture, investigating the distribution and diffusion of fishing gear and the reduction in use of ishihibi in various places due to the development of modern boat fishing.
Key words: stone tidal weir, geography of fisheries, Keiichi Yoshida, Yoshihiko Yabuuchi, fishing culture