Fujihara Tatsushi is Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. His main research field is the modern history of food and agriculture in Germany and Japan.

• Introduction: Perspectives of Environmental History in Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 1: Topology of Environmental History Chapter 1: Cultural Landscapes in Japan (Uesugi Kazuhiro) Chapter 2: Japan’s Colonial Environments (John Hayashi) Chapter 3: National Parks, Nature Conservation, War: The Development of the National Parks System in Japan, 1907-1945 (Nishimura Takahiro) Part 2: Pollution Incidents/Disasters Chapter 4: The Ashio Affair: The Emergence of Industrial Pollution as a Social, Political and Environmental Issue in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Cyrian Pitteloud) Chapter 5: Two Outbreaks of Minamata Disease and the Struggle for Human Rights (Seki Reiko) Chapter 6: Black Rain, Lawsuits and Compensation: Radiation in the Environment and Human Exposure in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Nakao Maika) Chapter 7: Environmental Problems Caused by the Shinkansen in Nagoya City (Aoki Soko) Part 3: Between Nature and Humans Chapter 8: The Epidemiological Landscape and Medical Theories: Focusing on a History of Smallpox in Early Modern Japan (Kozai Toyoko) Chapter 9: Between Nature and Human: The History of the Use of “Night Soil” in Japan (Yuzawa Noriko) Chapter 10: Agricultural Technology and the Environment in Modern Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 4: Seas, Lakes and Shores Chapter 11: Regional Environmental History: The Lake Biwa Area (Hashimoto Michinori) Chapter 12: Tokyo Bay in the 20th Century: Life, Production and Environment (Kobori Satoru) Chapter 13: Tuna Fisheries and Thermonuclear Tests, 1954-1963 (Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya) Part 5: Forestry Chapter 14: Japanese Swidden Agriculture: Environmental History of Grasslands, Forests and Fire (Komeie Taisaku) Chapter 15: A History of Tree Planting in Modern Japan: Resource Utilization and Environment Conservation (Takemoto Taro); Chapter 16: Empire Forestry Endures: The Development and Continuity of Japanese Forestry in Southeast Asia, 1930-1970 (Nakashima Koji)

Fujihara Tatsushi is Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. His main research field is the modern history of food and agriculture in Germany and Japan.

• Introduction: Perspectives of Environmental History in Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 1: Topology of Environmental History Chapter 1: Cultural Landscapes in Japan (Uesugi Kazuhiro) Chapter 2: Japan’s Colonial Environments (John Hayashi) Chapter 3: National Parks, Nature Conservation, War: The Development of the National Parks System in Japan, 1907-1945 (Nishimura Takahiro) Part 2: Pollution Incidents/Disasters Chapter 4: The Ashio Affair: The Emergence of Industrial Pollution as a Social, Political and Environmental Issue in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Cyrian Pitteloud) Chapter 5: Two Outbreaks of Minamata Disease and the Struggle for Human Rights (Seki Reiko) Chapter 6: Black Rain, Lawsuits and Compensation: Radiation in the Environment and Human Exposure in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Nakao Maika) Chapter 7: Environmental Problems Caused by the Shinkansen in Nagoya City (Aoki Soko) Part 3: Between Nature and Humans Chapter 8: The Epidemiological Landscape and Medical Theories: Focusing on a History of Smallpox in Early Modern Japan (Kozai Toyoko) Chapter 9: Between Nature and Human: The History of the Use of “Night Soil” in Japan (Yuzawa Noriko) Chapter 10: Agricultural Technology and the Environment in Modern Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 4: Seas, Lakes and Shores Chapter 11: Regional Environmental History: The Lake Biwa Area (Hashimoto Michinori) Chapter 12: Tokyo Bay in the 20th Century: Life, Production and Environment (Kobori Satoru) Chapter 13: Tuna Fisheries and Thermonuclear Tests, 1954-1963 (Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya) Part 5: Forestry Chapter 14: Japanese Swidden Agriculture: Environmental History of Grasslands, Forests and Fire (Komeie Taisaku) Chapter 15: A History of Tree Planting in Modern Japan: Resource Utilization and Environment Conservation (Takemoto Taro); Chapter 16: Empire Forestry Endures: The Development and Continuity of Japanese Forestry in Southeast Asia, 1930-1970 (Nakashima Koji)

Fujihara Tatsushi is Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. His main research field is the modern history of food and agriculture in Germany and Japan.

• Introduction: Perspectives of Environmental History in Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 1: Topology of Environmental History Chapter 1: Cultural Landscapes in Japan (Uesugi Kazuhiro) Chapter 2: Japan’s Colonial Environments (John Hayashi) Chapter 3: National Parks, Nature Conservation, War: The Development of the National Parks System in Japan, 1907-1945 (Nishimura Takahiro) Part 2: Pollution Incidents/Disasters Chapter 4: The Ashio Affair: The Emergence of Industrial Pollution as a Social, Political and Environmental Issue in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Cyrian Pitteloud) Chapter 5: Two Outbreaks of Minamata Disease and the Struggle for Human Rights (Seki Reiko) Chapter 6: Black Rain, Lawsuits and Compensation: Radiation in the Environment and Human Exposure in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Nakao Maika) Chapter 7: Environmental Problems Caused by the Shinkansen in Nagoya City (Aoki Soko) Part 3: Between Nature and Humans Chapter 8: The Epidemiological Landscape and Medical Theories: Focusing on a History of Smallpox in Early Modern Japan (Kozai Toyoko) Chapter 9: Between Nature and Human: The History of the Use of “Night Soil” in Japan (Yuzawa Noriko) Chapter 10: Agricultural Technology and the Environment in Modern Japan (Fujihara Tatsushi) Part 4: Seas, Lakes and Shores Chapter 11: Regional Environmental History: The Lake Biwa Area (Hashimoto Michinori) Chapter 12: Tokyo Bay in the 20th Century: Life, Production and Environment (Kobori Satoru) Chapter 13: Tuna Fisheries and Thermonuclear Tests, 1954-1963 (Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya) Part 5: Forestry Chapter 14: Japanese Swidden Agriculture: Environmental History of Grasslands, Forests and Fire (Komeie Taisaku) Chapter 15: A History of Tree Planting in Modern Japan: Resource Utilization and Environment Conservation (Takemoto Taro); Chapter 16: Empire Forestry Endures: The Development and Continuity of Japanese Forestry in Southeast Asia, 1930-1970 (Nakashima Koji)