The Making of a Japanese Periphery, 1750-1920 (Twentieth-Century Japan : the Emergence of a World Power)

Cover\r......Page 1
Title\r......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
MAPS......Page 10
Map 1. Principal Transport Routes in Central Japan, Mid to Late Tokugawa......Page 19
Map 2. Concentrations of Arable Land in Central Japan......Page 22
Map 3. Greater Nobi......Page 47
Map 4. Primary Trade Routes for Salt in Central Japan......Page 51
Map 5. The Topography of the Shimoina Region......Page 53
Map 6. Transport in Lower Ina Gun, Mid Tokugawa......Page 57
Map 7. The Southern Chuma Sphere......Page 59
Map 8. The Distribution of Pack Animals Licensed to Operate in the Chuma Network of Shinano Province in 1764......Page 63
Map 9. Total Packhorse Cargo Shipped from Iida in 1763......Page 79
Map 10. Late Tokugawa Villages in Lower Ina Gun......Page 90
Map 11. Lower Ina Gun Village Rankings\r......Page 94
Map 12. Lower Ina Gun Political Divisions, Mid Tokugawa......Page 95
Map 13. The Territorial Division of Labor in the Shimoina Region, Late Tokugawa......Page 106
Map 14. Changes in Packhorse Driver Populations in Nine Shimoina Villages, 1764 to 1817......Page 122
Map 15. Population Growth Rates for Nine Villages, ca. 1700 to 1850......Page 125
Map 16. The Layout of lida Castle Town in the Tokugawa Era......Page 139
Map 17. Satellite Towns and Selected Villages......Page 141
Map 18. Recorded Mulberry Leaf Production and Trade, Early Meiji......Page 165
Map 19. Units Employed in Nagano-ken choson shi......Page 166
Map 20. Average Household Size by Village, Shimoina Gun, Early Meiji......Page 173
Map 21. Sex Ratios by Village, Shimoina Gun, Early Meiji......Page 174
Map 22. The Sericultural Economy of Shimoina, ca 1877......Page 179
Map 23. The Spread of Reeling Works in Shimoina, to 1884......Page 193
Map 24. The Counties (Gun) in Nagano Prefecture, Early Meiji......Page 204
Map 25. The National Railroad Network in Central Japan at the End of the Meiji Era (1912)......Page 207
Map 26. The Road Network in Nagano Prefecture, 1885......Page 210
Map 27. Population Growth by Village, Shimoina Gun, 1875 to 1921......Page 242
Map 28. Average Household Size by Vulage, Shimoina Gun, 1921......Page 244
Map 29. Sex Ratios by Village, Shimoina Gun, 1921......Page 245
Map 30. The Territorial Division of Labor in Shimoina Gun, ca. 1920......Page 246
Map 31. Lime Output and Charcoal Prices, Shimoina Gun, 1906......Page 251
Map 32. Primary Trade Flows for Charcoal Produced in Shimoina Gun, Taisho......Page 254
Map 33. Indicators of Forest Cover, Shimoina Gun, 1876......Page 263
Map 34. Degraded Forest, Shimoina Gun, 1911......Page 264
Map 35. Land-Use Patterns, Shimoina Gun, 1911......Page 269
FIGURES......Page 11
1. A Stylized Cross-Section of the lna Valley......Page 91
2. Rice and Charcoal Prices, Iida, 1895 to 1940......Page 255
TABLES......Page 12
1. Villages and Pack Animals Licensed to Operate inthe Shinano Packhorse Network in 1764......Page 64
IIDA\'S IMPORTS......Page 73
3. Goods Imported into Iida from the South......Page 74
4. Origin of Imports into Iida from the North......Page 75
5. Goods Imported into Iida from the North......Page 77
6. Exports of Chikuma Tobacco, 1763......Page 78
7. Goods Passing through Iida en Route from the Tokai Coast to the Interior......Page 80
8. Goods Processed or Produced in the Iida Area for Export to Nagoya, Okazaki, Yoshida, Mina, and Kiso......Page 81
9. Goods Processed or Produced in Iida for Export to Interior Shinano......Page 82
The Twin Axes of Settlement Differentiation across Shimoina......Page 119
11. The Numerical Distribution of Packhorse Drivers along the Main Commercial Corridors of Southern Shimoina......Page 123
12. General Trends of Social Development in Edo-Period Shimoina......Page 135
13. Sales of Shimoina Hairdress Ties, 1876-1883......Page 161
14. Temporary Migration Patterns for Shimoina, Iida, and Nagano Prefecture as of January 1, 1883......Page 175
THE GEOGRAPHY OF SERICULTURAL PRODUCTION......Page 178
16. Carriages, Wagons, and Carts in Shimoina and Chiisagata Counties and Nagano Prefecture, 1883......Page 209
17. Owners, Owner/Tenants, and Tenants as Percentages of the Total Agricultural Population, 1884......Page 214
18. Owners, Owner/Tenants, and Tenants as Percentages of All Farm Households,Shimoina County, 1884-1895......Page 220
19. Shimoina Filature Employment and Productivity Gains, 1893-1921......Page 248
20. The Growth of Iida\'s Official Red-Light District, 1882-1915......Page 259
21. Changes in Crop Acreage, Shimoina County, 1885-1923......Page 271
WEAKNESSES IN THE INDUSTRIAL CORE......Page 272
23. Cocoon and Silk-Thread Production in Shimoina County as a Percentage of Prefectural Output, 1882 and 1919......Page 274
24. Comparison of Treadle-driven (zaguri) Filature Operations with Engine-powered Mills in Shimoina County, 1904......Page 276
Conclusion......Page 280
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 17
1.\rIntroduction......Page 18
The Region......Page 21
The Temporal Framework......Page 35
PART ONE The Region Constructed, 1750-1860......Page 40
2. Ina in the Tokugawa Space-Economy: The Making of a Trade Corridor......Page 42
Orientations: Shimoina in Japan......Page 45
RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTHWEST......Page 46
RELATIONS WITH THE NORTHEAST......Page 48
The Thwarting of River Transport......Page 50
The Political Geography of Overland Cargo Transport......Page 55
THE OFFICIAL POST-TOWN SYSTEM ON THE INA ROAD......Page 58
THE RISE OF THE PEASANT TRANSPORTERS......Page 60
FEATURES OF THE PRIVATE PACKHORSE OPERATION......Page 62
Cargo Brokers: The Marketing Nexus of the Network......Page 66
SOCIAL CONFLICT OVER CONTROL OF THE TRADE......Page 69
A Synchronic View of Trade Patterns in 1763......Page 72
IIDA\'S EXPORTS......Page 76
Conclusion......Page 83
3. The Landscape of Protoindustrial Production as Contested Terrain......Page 87
TOPOGRAPHY AND SETTLEMENT FORM......Page 89
LOCAL GEOPOLITICS......Page 93
LATHE- AND LACQUERWARE......Page 96
THE TEXTILE SECTOR......Page 98
The Paper Crafts......Page 102
THE ORIGINS OF THE INA VALLEY PAPER INDUSTRIES......Page 103
THE ANATOMY OF PRODUCTION......Page 105
THE PROTOINDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE AS CONTESTED TERRAIN......Page 109
Conclusion......Page 111
4. Spatial and Social Differentiation......Page 116
THE RISE OF SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTCENTERS ALONG THE INA ROAD......Page 120
POPULATION GROWTH RATES......Page 124
PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS AND RENTERS......Page 126
HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND SEX RATIOS......Page 128
CLASS STRATIFICATION......Page 132
DISCUSSION......Page 134
Differentiation at the Core......Page 136
EARLY CONFLICTS: CASTLE-TOWN MERCHANTS AND THEIR RURAL COMPETITORS......Page 137
SOURCES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE SATELLITE TOWNS......Page 140
DIVISIONS OF LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES FOR INTERREGIONAL EXPORT......Page 143
THE COMMERCIAL NEXUS......Page 145
RIVAL CENTERS......Page 147
THE PAPER RIOT REVISITED......Page 148
PART TWO The Region Inverted, 1860-1920......Page 154
5. Mobilizing for Silk: The First Quarter-Century......Page 156
CONTINUITIES IN PRODUCTION......Page 160
LAND RESOURCES......Page 164
LABOR FOR SERICULTURE......Page 169
CAPITAL FOR SERICULTURE......Page 176
The Filature Sector:A New Geography of Finance......Page 182
OUTSIDE CAPITAL IN THE EARLY SILK INDUSTRY: THE ERA OF SPECULATION......Page 183
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND RISING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE FILATURES......Page 188
PRIVATE FINANCIERS AND THE RISE OF MECHANIZATION......Page 190
PARASTATALS AND NATIONAL BANKS......Page 192
6. Crisis and Consolidation: The Shifting Locus of Power......Page 197
CHIKUMA PREFECTURE AND THE TAX ASSESSMENT CONTROVERSY......Page 199
l\'HE CREATION OF NAGANO PREFECTURE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND-TAX REFORM......Page 203
UEDA AND SUWA: THE NEW NAGANO POWERHOUSES......Page 205
EARLY INDICATORS OF IIDA\'S LAG......Page 208
The Matsukata Deflation and the Iida Incident......Page 211
DARK DAYS IN THE VALLEY......Page 212
THE IIDA INCIDENT......Page 215
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RECESSION AND THE IIDA INCIDENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 219
Further Realignments: Electoral Politics and Regional Rivalries......Page 223
SHIMOINA AND THE RISE OF ELECTORAL POLITICS......Page 224
EARLY PLANS FOR A NAKASENDO RAILROAD......Page 226
SHIMOINA FIGHTS FOR THE RAILROAD......Page 227
LESSER SPOILS: ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO 1895......Page 230
Conclusion......Page 232
7. Precarious Prosperity Industrial Restructuring and Regional Transformation, 1895-1920......Page 235
A BOOM FOR THE HINTERLANDS......Page 239
SERICULTURE AND FILATURE......Page 241
SILK SPIN-OFFS: BACKWARD LINKAGES......Page 247
FORWARD LINKAGES......Page 252
PURVEYORS TO NEWFOUND AFFLUENCE: GROWTH OF THE RETAIL AND SERVICE SECTORS......Page 253
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION......Page 260
LOSS OF DIVERSITY......Page 265
AN INSUFFICIENCY OF LOCAL STAPLES......Page 268
A LOW-WAGE LABOR FORCE......Page 275
8. Regional Inversions: The Shifting Matrix of Production, Power, and Place......Page 284
THE SHIFTING CONTEXT......Page 287
THE CHANGING FULCRUM OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 291
INVERTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE......Page 295
Legacies and Linkages: The Geographical Foundations of the New Order......Page 303
THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE AND FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT......Page 304
CONTINUITIES IN REGIONAL STRUCTURE AND PROCESS: TOWARD A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF POWER......Page 310
Epilogue......Page 314
Bibliography......Page 318
Index......Page 346