Beyond Ethnogenesis

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  • 源流の向こうにあるもの
  • Rereading the Evergreen Forest Culture Theory as a Landscape Theory by Considering Wild Tea Production
  • 山茶の事例から照葉樹林文化論を景観論に読み替える

Abstract

<p>This paper examines the dynamics of the formation of the mountain village landscape in the Shikoku Mountains, focusing especially on wild tea, while comparing its attributes with landscapes in the highlands of mainland Southeast Asia. According to the evergreen forest culture theory, common cultural properties are shared between southwest Japan and the highlands of mainland Southeast Asia. In this context, tea production in the Shikoku mountains is considered proof of the transplantation of the original Japanese culture from Southeast Asian mountains in ancient times. However, historical records and government statistics show that the landscape of the Shikoku mountains was a result of wild tea coexisting within the shifting cultivation practiced in the days of the early modern state control of peripheral areas and the penetration of cash economy into the mountains during that period. Therefore, the wild tea landscape of the Shikoku mountains is presented as a tool for comparing it with its Southeast Asian counterparts by connecting the findings of the evergreen forest culture theory and those of premodern statecraft.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390861571065157504
  • DOI
    10.14890/jjcanth.88.2_308
  • ISSN
    24240516
    13490648
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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