A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RECLAMATION IN THE KOTÔ (EAST HACHIRÔGATA) PLAIN, AKITA PREFECTURE
1970; Association of Japanese Geographers; Volume: 43; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4157/grj.43.674
ISSN2185-1735
Autores Tópico(s)Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
Resumo1. Object The author wishes to clarify the process of the reclamation and its regional structure in the Kotô Plain located on the east coast of Hachirôgata Lagoon, Akita Prefecture. 2. Methods i) Analysis of the relation between the year of settlement formation and the reclamation. ii) Analysis of old documents and pictures, together with field surveys, for the under-standing of the regional structure and the movement of the center of the reclamation. 3. Major findings i) In the ancient age, the reclamation was proceeded around the villages of Masaka, Hitoichi, Ôkawa, Hamaikawa and Ôkubo distributed along the border of the flood plains. ii) In the middle age, the reclamation was proceeded around the fortified villages of Uraô-machi, Okamoto and Sakamoto at the foot of the mountains and the villages of Koike, Noda, Kawasaki and Nishino located on natural levees. iii) In the Edo feudal era, the reclamation of all the flood plains was proceeded in a close relation to the irrigation ditches which had been made owing to the development of public works in the feudal system. In consequence, Yachinaka, Harajima and Ebisawa were formed as the villages called shinden shûraku. iv) After the Meiji Restoration, the chizaki-type reclamation was done, and the reclamation of Hachirôgata Lagoon started. 4. Future problems i) As the reclamation in this region has already arrived at the closing stage, it is very needed to foresee the future problems related to the industrial structure in connection with the New Akita Industrial City Planning. ii) Another important problem is the fast decreasing population, which fact has a close rela-tion to the future agriculture of Tôhoku District as a whole.
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