Nancy Rosenberger
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824838683
- eISBN:
- 9780824868895
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824838683.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines alternative ways of living in Japan in the 2000s by focusing on the life of a young female organic farmer in relation to the concepts of resistance and identity. Drawing on the ...
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This chapter examines alternative ways of living in Japan in the 2000s by focusing on the life of a young female organic farmer in relation to the concepts of resistance and identity. Drawing on the story of Kana, who has given up a middle-class lifestyle for an alternative life based upon organic farming, the chapter considers how organic farming offers a particular way of resisting the status quo in Japan in the 2000s and what kind of resistance is possible in the contemporary Japanese context. It first provides a background on Japanese agriculture and the Japanese Organic Agriculture Association joined by Kana. It then discusses the nuances of the social identity that Kana strives to create within the historical-cultural context of her life and the innovative future envisioned by her and the organic movement more generally. Finally, it looks at the ecological, economic, social, and political issues that intersect with alternative lifestyles chosen by women farmers like Kana.Less
This chapter examines alternative ways of living in Japan in the 2000s by focusing on the life of a young female organic farmer in relation to the concepts of resistance and identity. Drawing on the story of Kana, who has given up a middle-class lifestyle for an alternative life based upon organic farming, the chapter considers how organic farming offers a particular way of resisting the status quo in Japan in the 2000s and what kind of resistance is possible in the contemporary Japanese context. It first provides a background on Japanese agriculture and the Japanese Organic Agriculture Association joined by Kana. It then discusses the nuances of the social identity that Kana strives to create within the historical-cultural context of her life and the innovative future envisioned by her and the organic movement more generally. Finally, it looks at the ecological, economic, social, and political issues that intersect with alternative lifestyles chosen by women farmers like Kana.
Yujiro Hayami and Vernon W. Ruttan
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199754359
- eISBN:
- 9780190261320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199754359.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
This chapter focuses on the rice technology transfer from Japan to Korea and Taiwan and its implications for Japanese agriculture. The import from of rice to Korea and Taiwan produced agricultural ...
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This chapter focuses on the rice technology transfer from Japan to Korea and Taiwan and its implications for Japanese agriculture. The import from of rice to Korea and Taiwan produced agricultural stagnation and low farm income in Japan, which caused general economic and political instability during the interwar period. The chapter concludes with hypotheses that should be considered in accounting for the difference between the Japanese and English colonial experience and the implications of the Japanese colonial development for today’s developing nations.Less
This chapter focuses on the rice technology transfer from Japan to Korea and Taiwan and its implications for Japanese agriculture. The import from of rice to Korea and Taiwan produced agricultural stagnation and low farm income in Japan, which caused general economic and political instability during the interwar period. The chapter concludes with hypotheses that should be considered in accounting for the difference between the Japanese and English colonial experience and the implications of the Japanese colonial development for today’s developing nations.
Philip C. Brown
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824833923
- eISBN:
- 9780824871710
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824833923.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This book challenges the common understanding of Japanese economic and social history by uncovering diverse landholding practices in early modern Japan. It argues that it was joint landownership of ...
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This book challenges the common understanding of Japanese economic and social history by uncovering diverse landholding practices in early modern Japan. It argues that it was joint landownership of arable land that characterized a few large areas of Japan in the early modern period and even survived in some places down to the late twentieth century. The practice adapted to changing political and economic circumstances and was compatible with increasing farm involvement in the market. Land rights were the product of villages and, to some degree, daimyo policies. Joint ownership structured a number of practices compatible with longer-term investment in and maintenance of arable land. The book provides new perspectives on how villagers organized themselves and their lands, and how their practices were articulated (or were not articulated) to higher layers of administration. It employs an unusually wide array of sources and methodologies: In addition to manuscripts from local archives, it exploits interviews with modern informants who used joint ownership and a combination of modern geographical tools to investigate the degree to which the most common form of joint ownership reflected efforts to ameliorate flood and landslide hazard risk as well as microclimate variation. Further it explores the nature of Japanese agricultural practice, its demand on natural resources, and the role of broader environmental factors—all of which infuse the study with new environmental perspectives and approaches.Less
This book challenges the common understanding of Japanese economic and social history by uncovering diverse landholding practices in early modern Japan. It argues that it was joint landownership of arable land that characterized a few large areas of Japan in the early modern period and even survived in some places down to the late twentieth century. The practice adapted to changing political and economic circumstances and was compatible with increasing farm involvement in the market. Land rights were the product of villages and, to some degree, daimyo policies. Joint ownership structured a number of practices compatible with longer-term investment in and maintenance of arable land. The book provides new perspectives on how villagers organized themselves and their lands, and how their practices were articulated (or were not articulated) to higher layers of administration. It employs an unusually wide array of sources and methodologies: In addition to manuscripts from local archives, it exploits interviews with modern informants who used joint ownership and a combination of modern geographical tools to investigate the degree to which the most common form of joint ownership reflected efforts to ameliorate flood and landslide hazard risk as well as microclimate variation. Further it explores the nature of Japanese agricultural practice, its demand on natural resources, and the role of broader environmental factors—all of which infuse the study with new environmental perspectives and approaches.
