著者

岡 秀一

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.100, no.5, pp.673-696, 1991-10-25 (Released:2010-10-13)

参考文献数

58

被引用文献数

5 4

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A forest limit marks a distinct change in landscape, but it includes a variety of elements. In this study, the forest limit altitudes all over Japan were compiled, the relationship between the specific features of their distribution and thermal conditions were discussed.The forest limit altitudes on 211 mountains ranged from below 1, 000 meters in Hokkaido to 2, 800 meters in Central Honshu, and difference in these altitudes extended about 2, 000 meters between 35° and 45° North Latitude. Horizontally, these altitudes are distributed concentrically, focusing on the Taisetsu Mountains and the Hidaka Mountains in Hokkaido and the Akaishi Mountains in Central Honshu. The zone ranging from the southern part of Northern Honshu to the northern part of Central Honshu is crowded with isopleths, forming a division between the sides of the Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean. Calculation the Warmth Indices (WI) of forest limit altitudes, we find that their frequency distribution ranges from 16.1°C·M to 50.4°CEM, and their modes are 25 to 35, 34 to 40, and 25 to 30°C·M in Hokkaido, Northern Honshu, and Central Honshu, respectively. Reviewing these data individually, we see that forest limits are seldom equivalent to WI 15°C·M, which has been set as a boundary between the alpine and subalpine zones. In reality, it becomes increasingly difficult for the forest limit to converge on a particular WI value due to a variety of causes. It is worth noting, however, that at least there are some mountains on which the forest limit altitude is extremely close to WI 15. In such a situation, the WI 15 is of great importance, because it indicates that forests are capable of growing at least to that extent in terms of thermal conditions. This is the reason why WI 15°C·M is worth notice, and therefore the relationship between its altitude distribution and the forest limit altitude was determined. Additionally, the relationship between mountaintop altitude and forest limit altitude was also investigated. The correlation coefficient of the latter is more closely related than the former. But we must emphasize that the latter is only a seeming relation. Why? It is true that the higher the mountain, the higher the limit altitude, but the fact is that the limit altitude will not rise endlessly in step with the height of a mountain.Then, another relationship was examined, concerning differences not only between WI 15 altitudes and forest limit altitudes but also between mountaintop altitudes and forest limit altitudes, using the variation coefficient to verify the dispersion in these differences. As a result, we found out that dispersions are smaller in the former (WI 15 and forest limit) th an in the latter and that forest limit altitudes are more closely related to thermal conditions. On the other hand, the differences between WI 15 altitudes and the forest limit altitudes are defined by mountaintop altitudes. Additionally, the depth of snow cover strongly affects the difference in forest limit altitudes, if mountaintop altitudes are the same.The role of thermal condition, mountaintop altitude and snow depth condition for determining the forest limit altitude should be easy to determine as Fig. 10. Namely, altitudes of forest limit are primarily decided by thermal conditions depended on their geographical situation. They are secondarily modified by altitude of mountain. When the mountain altitudes are equivalent, snow depth conditions affect the forest limit.

著者

工藤 広忠

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.76, no.2, pp.102-106, 1967-04-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

9

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The author describes the oil production, history and geology of the oil field in Szechuan which has been in progress recently. The interesting oil episode by Zhu-Ge-Kong-Ming, a famous politician, are also added.

著者

山岸 宏光 畑本 雅彦 鎌田 光也 志村 一夫

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.128, no.6, pp.941-952, 2019-12-25 (Released:2020-01-28)

参考文献数

25

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“Buratamori Muroran,” an NHK Japan TV program was broadcasted on November 25, 2017. To prepare for the program, observations were made on the Etomo Peninsula using ortho-photographs provided by Muroran City as Open Data. A large number of aerial photographs were taken using aircrafts and observational research was undertaken by road. In addition, cliffs were observed from a small boat provided by Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, Muroran. As a result of these research activities, many remarkable outcrops and occurrences of Miocene subaqueous volcanic rocks were observed on the cliffs, most of which are inaccessible. Subaqueous pumice flows, concentric and radial columnar jointed dikes called Peach Rock, subaqueous lava domes associated with hyaloclastites, and their feeder dikes forming apophyseal, polygonal and columnar-joints were observed. The occurrences of these variable subaqueous volcanic rocks are described and models of some volcanic rocks are described. Finally, cliffs are defined as subjects for geo-tourism.

著者

吉川 虎雄

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.72, no.1, pp.8-24, 1963-01-30 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

10

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In February, 1957, the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition established a station, called “Syowa”, on a small island off Prince Olav Coast, East Antarctica. The station had been occupied by the wintering teams untill February, 1962, except during the period from February, 1958, to January, 1959. Various kinds of scientific observations, for example, aeronomy, meteorology, geology, geomorphology, glaciology, biology, and so on, had been carried out at the station and on its surrounding Antarctic continent. The station was temporarily closed in February, 1962, on account of logistic and financial difficulties, and the reopenning of the station for scientific activities is now being discussed by the Japanese government.In this paper, activities of the Japanese Antarctic Research.Expedition are described and some of scientific results in geography, geology, geodesy, glaciology, and so on are briefly explained.

著者

日本地学史編纂委員会

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.101, no.2, pp.133-150, 1992-04-25 (Released:2010-12-22)

参考文献数

31

被引用文献数

3 1

著者

戸崎 裕貴 浅井 和由

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.126, no.1, pp.89-104, 2017-02-25 (Released:2017-04-20)

参考文献数

73

被引用文献数

8 7

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Current studies on the groundwater ages in Mt. Fuji are reviewed. Mt. Fuji is one of the largest Quaternary stratovolcanoes in Japan (volume of 1,200-1,500 km3). The large amount of precipitation on mountain slopes (annual volume of approximately 2 × 109 m3) suggests that Mt. Fuji contains substantial reservoirs of groundwater in its main body. In fact, numerous springs located around the foot of the mountain originate mainly from confined groundwater in Holocene lava flows. Early groundwater studies in the Mt. Fuji area focused on the development of groundwater resources, followed by studies on measures to address groundwater problems including depletion, salinization, and nitrate contamination. Application of isotope hydrological tools since the 1990s has provided valuable information on groundwater flow processes in Mt. Fuji. Groundwater age in Mt. Fuji has been a key issue since the 1960s, and relatively extensive data on tritium (3H) are available. Besides, new age-dating techniques including tritiogenic 3He (3H/3He method), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and bomb-produced 36Cl have been applied in the Mt. Fuji area in recent years. These groundwater age data are compiled and discussed in terms of the hydrogeological structure of Mt. Fuji (lava flows of the Younger Fuji volcano, and mudflow deposits of the Older Fuji volcano). Compiled multi-tracer groundwater age data show distinct differences between Younger Fuji (< 30-40 years) and Older Fuji (> 60 years) aquifers, although data on Older Fuji groundwater are still limited. Possible explanations relate to differences in permeability or volume between Younger Fuji and Older Fuji deposits.

著者

鶴巻 萌 齋藤 元文 丸山 茂徳 金井 昭夫

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.129, no.6, pp.881-898, 2020-12-25 (Released:2021-01-18)

参考文献数

49

被引用文献数

2 5

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It is well known that the evolution of life is affected by environmental factors, and this should be a fundamental perspective when investigating the origin of life; however, this perspective has not been fully addressed in biology. The Hadean Earth had a completely different surface environment from that of today, with no free oxygen, but instead a local environment rich in H2 which was generated by serpentinization, while energy–material circulation was driven by nuclear geysers. It is proposed that an anoxic hot-spring environment, with abundant hydrogen produced by serpentinization, was the birthplace of life. It is also proposed that the Hakuba hot spring in Nagano, Japan, is a Hadean-Earth-like environment with an H2-rich environment. A microbe found there, designated Hakuba OD1, is a member of the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) bacteria group. In this review, CPR bacteria are described and their importance for the origin of life is discussed. The CPR is a bacterial supergroup consisting of dozens of phylum-level lineages of very small bacteria. This group was recently discovered with a metagenomics analysis that allowed unculturable environmental samples to be detected. Biochemical approaches to the CPR bacteria have not yet been successful because almost all the bacteria are unculturable or have not been isolated. However, with the development of massive parallel sequencing technology (next-generation sequencing), the phylogenetic characteristics of the CPR bacteria are becoming clear, and genomic analyses of these bacteria have led to unique discoveries. The sizes of the CPR bacterial genomes range from 400 to 1,500 kilobases (kb), and they contain approximately 400-1,500 genes. Thus, their genomes are remarkably small compared to other well-known and ordinary bacteria, represented by Escherichia coli, which have over 4,000 genes, but are similar to those of symbiotic or parasitic bacteria. The CPR bacterial genomes also lack many of the genes involved in essential metabolic pathways, such as the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and amino acid biosynthesis, so they seem to obtain their essential metabolites from their environments. It is proposed that this knowledge is important when considering the chemical changes that occurred on primitive Earth, which gave rise to the first forms of life through the processes of chemical evolution. Therefore, it is essential to understand the kinds of protein that are encoded in CPR bacterial genomes when studying the origin of life.

著者

増田 富士雄

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.100, no.6, pp.976-987, 1991-12-05 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

54

被引用文献数

1 2

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The history of global climate on the earth during these 600 million years is presented based on the oxygen isotope data of fossil shells. The paleoclimatic curves clearly show the cyclic changes with different frequencies, such as, glacial-interglacial cycle of 0.1 Ma and Fischer-Arthur cycle of 32 Ma, and Greenhouse-icehouse cycle of 300 Ma. Today is located in the interglacial period of icehouse state. There are essential differences of the environmental systems and conditions between the greenhouse and icehouse states. The greenhouse state characterized by no continental ice sheets, simple climatic zones, more carbon dioxide in atmosphere, small annual temperature range, warmish and humid poles, high sea level, wide continental shelves, low latitudinal and vertical gradients of seawater temperature, warm oceans, slow circulation of bottom currents, anoxic oceans, abundant marine organisms, black shale deposition of oil raw material, sulfide deposits on oceanic ridges, manganese deposits on continental shelves, active magmatism, first spreading, magnetic quiet and active orogeny. A modern greenhouse warming was also compared with the warming after the “Younger Dryas Event” in the postglacial age.

著者

小元 久仁夫

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.131, no.1, pp.115-121, 2022-02-25 (Released:2022-03-14)

参考文献数

1

被引用文献数

1 1

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Geologists, petrologists, geomorphologists, botanists and ecologists often collect samples through field surveys. They are required to obtain permission from the Ministry of the Environment before collecting samples in a special zone and a marine park zone of a national park. For example, permission is necessary for sampling prior to mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones in such zones. A legal procedure is introduced that is required to be followed before taking samples for AMS 14C dating in Keramashoto National Park, Okinawa.

著者

杉原 重夫 嶋田 繁

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.107, no.5, pp.695-712, 1998-10-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

45

被引用文献数

2 3

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Hachijo Island, located on the volcanic front of the Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) arc, consists of two stratovolcanoes : Nishiyama and Higashiyama. Nishiyama (Alt. 854.3 m) is a scarcely dissected cone called “Hachijo-fuji”. Nishiyama began its volcanic activities about 10, 000 years ago. Many lateral volcanoes exist around Nishiyama, and one of them, Kandoyama (Alt. 194.9 m) is a tuff cone which was formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption. This study discusses the stratigraphy of deposits, and the eruptive types and the eruption ages of Nishiyama after the formation of Kandoyama. The results are summarized as follows.1) This study names four air-fall pyroclastic materials “Ny1-4”, which erupted from Nishiyama after the pyroclastic surge eruption of Kandoyama (ca. 2, 500 y.BP). All of them are scoriaceous.2) Ny2 erupted from a lateral volcano on the west of Kandoyama. This scoria cone is composed of agglutinate.3) Ny3 erupted from the summit crater of Nishiyama ca. 1, 100 y.BP. Ny3 was widely distributed on the southeast flank of Nishiyama, but it did not reach the foot of Higashiyama. Prior to the eruption of Ny3, a large amount of lava flowed down the southeast flank of Nishiyama.4) Ny4 erupted from a crater row along the southeast side of Nishiyama. From the description found in archives, it is clear that the eruption of Ny4 corresponds to A.D. 1605 (Keicho 10th) eruption. Ny4 deposited around the vents as agglutinate, and air-fall materials were widely distributed on the southeast side of Nishiyama. However, the total volume of Ny4 was the same or less than that of the Miyakejima 1983 eruption and the Izu-Oshima 1986 eruption.5) There are descriptions in the archives of at least four eruptions and about ten occurrences of earthquakes and tsunami in and around Hachijo Island. The fissures and tsunami deposits which followed historic earthquakes were found at the Yaene site located on the south side of Nishiyama. The pyroclastic materials from Nishiyama date these past earthquakes.

著者

三上 岳彦

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.114, no.3, pp.496-506, 2005-12-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

8

被引用文献数

22 16

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Urban heat island phenomena, which are known as high temperature occurrences in the central part of a city, would be estimated to become much greater in a large city as Tokyo. There have been many studies on urban heat island phenomena in the field of meteorology, climatology, architecture and city planning. Thus overall feature of urban heat island phenomena including their mechanisms became clear from observational and numerical studies. However, the detailed characteristics of urban heat islands such as the long term warming trends of urban temperatures and the seasonal/diurnal variations in local scale temperature distribution are not fully discussed. This paper aims at clarifying the spatial and temporal structure of urban heat island phenomena in Tokyo metropolitan area as a case study in connection with anthropogenic energy consumption and diurnal wind fields based on the high density meteorological observational system in Tokyo Metropolis.

著者

青木 隆浩

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.107, no.5, pp.659-673, 1998-10-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

38

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Generally, most sake breweries were established by local people. But in case of present day sake breweries in Saitama prefecture, more than half were established by brewers from Echigo and Ohmi, while a few were established by brewers from Saitama. One reason for this is that brewers from Echigo and Ohmi extended markets by establishing many branch houses, on the other hand, brewers from Saitama were conservative. Then, the sake brewers had to produce more delicious sake to meet demand. They need well water which contains little Fe and Mn, good quality rice, and excellent brewing technology to make delicious sake. The well water quality and the brewing technology together with the organization and the market were closely related with the rise and fall of sake brewers. In this paper, differences of well water quality and brewing technology of breweries are analyzed.As a result, the successful brewers established breweries where there was good quality well water, and they had excellent technologies. The typical brewers were from Echigo and Ohmi. While brewers from Saitama operated in the eastern part of Saitama where they pumped well water that was unsuitable for brewing. Because there was very little competition among brewers in eastern Saitama, brewers from Saitama could continue to operate breweries.Brewers from Echigo and Ohmi also used bought-in rice for brewing. Brewers from Echigo especially had excellent techniques to produce high-quality sake in eastern Japan. Brewers from Ohmi lagged behind brewers from Echigo on technical innovation. Conversely, most brewers from Saitama depended on tenant rices as well as traditional technologies. They were defeated in competition over quality and disappeared.But the quality improvements of brewers from Echigo and Ohmi had not gained competitive power in the Tokyo market. There was a price gap between Saitama sake and national brands, and Saitama sake was helped by selling at lower prices. As a result, brewers from Echigo tried to sell within Saitama, and brewers from Ohmi changed their sales outlet from Tokyo to Saitama. Brewers from Saitama who lost sales outlets, sold sake at bargain prices in Tokyo, and this caused a declining general popularity of Saitama sake in Tokyo.

著者

高橋 正樹

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.103, no.5, pp.447-463, 1994-10-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

55

被引用文献数

2 2

著者

神品 芳孝

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.132, no.3, pp.197-216, 2023-06-25 (Released:2023-07-07)

参考文献数

29

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Farming families on the plains of Japan arrange small forest-like woodlands in their farmyards and villages; these woodlands are called “Yashikirin.” While Yashikirin have various functions, geographers are interested in their windbreak function, and have conducted many studies. In recent Yashikirin studies, researchers consider Yashikirin conservation and report that woodland use affects sustainability. On the other hand, recent research on normal forests analyzes forest ownership with the goal of sustainable maintenance. However, in the case of agglomerated settlements, these man-made woodlands can be regarded as normal forests because they are dense and cover relatively large areas. Area variations and ownership of woodlands are investigated with aerial photography, cadaster, and interviews referring to agglomerated settlements in northern Saitama, which experience strong, cold, and dry winds in winter. Combined with meteorological data, the sustainability of these woodlands and their effects on micro-climates are clarified. In some cases, the owner of a woodland at the northern edge of a village does not reside next to it, but in a remote area within the village. In such cases, it becomes difficult for the owner to manage the woodland; as a result, the woodland tends to decline. These woodlands function as windbreaks to protect the entire village from strong winds. Yashikirin have various purposes, but due to socioeconomic changes, they are only used as windbreaks or boundaries between neighboring houses.

著者

永田 玲奈 三上 岳彦

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.132, no.3, pp.257-263, 2023-06-25 (Released:2023-07-07)

参考文献数

9

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An attitude survey is conducted on students taking the Earth Science course at Nihon University College of Law. The survey analyzes factors that encourage students in the humanities and social sciences to take the Earth Science course. Data are collected in the first semester of 2021 through a web-based survey via Google Forms, with a total of 689 respondents. The course's themes are meteorology and climatology. The results reveal that students who took Geography B in high school showed a great interest in natural disasters, while students who took Geography B and Geoscience in high school showed a strong interest in global warming. It was also revealed that students in the humanities and social sciences emphasize knowledge acquisition over comprehension in science courses. This suggests that in order to encourage liberal arts students to take science courses, it is necessary to include in the course contents both knowledge that is useful in daily life and knowledge on disaster prevention. In addition, the syllabus should emphasize that this knowledge can be acquired by taking the course.

著者

岡 義記 寒川 旭

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.90, no.6, pp.393-409, 1981-12-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

1 4

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Geographic Outline AWaji Island lies from NE to SW, dividing the east Inland Sea. The central range running in same direction continues to the Rokko mountains which are thought to have been elevated by crustal movement in Pleistocene (Rokko Movement). In the southern part of this island is the Yuzuruha mountains of Cretaceus sedimentary rocks which are a part of the series of mountain ranges on the north of Median Tectonic Line (MTL). In the plains of this island are seen hills of Pliocene deposits (the Awaji group) elevated from below the bottom of the Inland Sea.Purpose of Study The authors intended in this study to make clear the process of the formation of the east Inland Sea and Awaji Island. In order, they carried out the investigation on following points : 1. Relation between the Miocene deposits and the age of the formation of the erosion surface on the mountains in the north.2. Sedimentary process of the Awaji group.3. Faults and deformation of the Awaji group.Result of study The results obtained are as follows : 1. The morphology of the basement rocks (granitic rocks) in the north had been already gentle and undulating before the Kobe group deposited, caused by the Miocene transgression. The thickness of it reached a few hundreds meter in the north, but after regression the Kobe group was erosed down to basement. The mountains in the north were flattened again in this age.2. In Pliocene time, the area of the east Inland Sea depressed and deposited the Awaji group of gravel, sand, lacustrine silt and clay. In early stage, the lake began to be supplied with sand, and gravel from the area to the north of the island. In last stage, rivers originated to the south of MTL carried gravel (Goshiki-hama gravel) over MTL. to the lake.3. Goshikihama gravel is supposed to be contemporaneous with the Uchihata gravel, which is the lowest of the Osaka group (Yoshiki OKA 1978). The lower part of the Awaji group is suggested to be older than the Osaka group.4. The thickness of the Awaji group reaches 800 meter in the north and 300 meter or more in the middle part of the island. It indicates the depression of the Inland sea in Pliocene time.5. The fault movement in this island took place after the sedimentation of the Awaji group. Reverse and transcurrent faults by E-W compression have been discriminative since the middle of Pleistocene age.6. The faults can be divided, by strike, into three types, as follows : Type I (N60°E) The faults of this type caused the uplift of the Yuzuruha mountains in the south.Type II (N-SNE-SW) This type of faults caused the uplift of the central range of the island.Type III (N20°W) This type of faults are active reverse faults cut through the main range of the island.

著者

松井 圭介 卯田 卓矢

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.124, no.6, pp.895-915, 2015-12-25 (Released:2016-01-27)

参考文献数

40

被引用文献数

2 4

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This paper examines the relation between traditional pilgrimages to Mt. Fuji and related tourism in the pre-modern era. It takes into account the worship of Mt. Fuji as a sacred mountain and the activities of oshi pilgrim masters (low-ranking Shinto priests) who organized pilgrimages. Chapter II presents an overview of the worship of Mt. Fuji in its original form before modern times, and the historical development of that worship. Like other sacred mountains in Japan, Fuji was worshiped from a distance as a kannabi, a place where gods were believed to be enshrined. It was also worshiped as an area of the underworld, takai, where ancestral spirits rested. In addition, the mountain was thought itself to be a god: both a benevolent god who brings water and an angry god who brings natural disasters through volcanic eruptions. Historically, pilgrimages by ascetics to Mt. Fuji are first found in sources from the Heian era to the Kamakura era. Subsequently, Mt. Fuji gradually became one of the mountains of Shugendo, a Japanese ascetic-shamanist belief system incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts. Chapter III examines the establishment of devotional Fuji confraternities, called Fuji-ko, and the popularization of pilgrimages in modern times. The viewpoints of the various types of Fuji-ko, their religious beliefs, and aspects of their pilgrimages are discussed. In general, a Fuji-ko confraternity consisted of three officers—komoto (host of the ko), a sendatsu (guide), and sewanin (manager)—and members. They made pilgrimages in a three-to-ten-year cycle; the journey was usually a round trip of eight days and seven nights from Edo (the former name of Tokyo) to the mountain, arranged by oshi at Kamiyoshida, at the mountain's foot. Although Fuji was the main destination, others were often included. Some of these were sacred places related to Kakugyo (the founder of the pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji) and Jikigyo Miroku (the famous leader of Fujiko in the Edo era), and other sacred mountains such as Mt. Ooyama. Chapter IV examines the characteristics of Kamiyoshida, the village of oshi priests, which provided pilgrims with a range of services, including accommodation and assistance in climbing the mountain. Kamiyoshida was a particularly large settlement among those at the foot of Mt. Fuji, featuring large residences and rectangular zoning with special entrance roads. At its peak, the village had more than 100 houses aligned in a row. It was very prosperous in summer, when pilgrimages were most frequent. Chapter V examines characteristics of the pilgrimage destination and politics of location. The fact that citizens of Edo could view Mt. Fuji even though it was far away gave it a disarming allure and familiarity. Climbing the mountain was regarded as a great accomplishment, and in this way the pilgrimage became a journey of faith. The oshi priests, as the receiving party, created various legends of faith to draw pilgrims to their village rather than other starting points to Mt. Fuji or other shrines or temples. These legends contributed to the rise of Kamiyoshida and the oshi, and ultimately to their downfall.

著者

関谷 溥

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.79, no.3, pp.175-180, 1970-06-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

7

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September 1, 1923, southern Kanto was devastated by a severe earthquake. The main shock of the events, which occurred at 11 h 58 m (JST), was felt all over Japan. The highest seismic intensity is 7 in JMA scale at the southern part of Kanagawa, Tokyo and Chiba prefectures. The epicenter is located on the Sagami-nada. Parameters of the main shock given by the Japan Meteorological Agency are as follows ;origin time : 11 h 58 m, September 1, 1923.epicenter : 35° 20' N, 139° 20' Emagnitude : 7.9The earthquake was accompanied by many fore- and after-shocks. The foreshocks occurred in Kashima-nada. It seems that the foreshock activities began in May 1923 and became vigorous in June 1923 before the occurrence of the main shock.The aftershocks occurred in Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures and near seas, and the general trend in decrease of daily number of the aftershocks can be explained by Omori's generalized formula.

著者

小林 貞一

出版者

Tokyo Geographical Society

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.98, no.1, pp.34-48, 1989-02-25 (Released:2009-11-12)

参考文献数

43

被引用文献数

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In Japan 14 species in 21 genera of Carboniferous trilobites were known in 1980 and 22 species in 11 genera of the Permian ones in 1984. Adding a few species described since then, the Permo-Carboniferous trilobites of Japan total about 70 species at present. They are described from 18 horizons, namely 11 and 7 horizons respectively for the Carboniferous and Permian ones. They are compared with the faunas of the Mongolian geosyncline, Hwangho and Yangtze basins and Southeast Asia. While the Mongolian sea retreated from the west side through the periods, the route of migration was maintained toward the Mediterranean sea through the Himalayan geosyncline until the end of the Palaeozoic era. Some trilobites of Japan reveal relationship further toward the Australian and North American sides.

著者

磯崎 行雄 丸山 茂徳 柳井 修一

出版者

公益社団法人 東京地学協会

雑誌

地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.119, no.2, pp.378-391, 2010-04-25 (Released:2010-07-06)

参考文献数

72

被引用文献数

11 9

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A new historical review is presented on the progress of the geological sciences in Japan since the Meiji revolution in 1868. Geological knowledge, particularly studies of the geotectonic evolution and orogenic aspects, of the Japanese Islands has progressed through three distinct phases; (1) non-science stage, (2) colonial science stage, and (3) independent science stage, as modeled by Basalla (1967), who demonstrated a general pattern of transplanting cutting-edge scientific/technological knowledge from western Europe to the rest of the world. During the “non-science” stage from the 1860s to the 1890s, major geological aspects of the Japanese Islands, together with discoveries of unusual rocks, fossils etc., were initially described by foreign geologists (e.g. E. Naumann). In contrast, almost nothing was contributed by domestic geologists. During the “colonial science” stage, from the 1900s to the 1980s, research and education systems were transplanted effectively from western European countries. For example, applying the purely imported concept of geosyncline, the geotectonic history of the Japanese Islands was summarized for the first time by domestic geologists (e.g., Kobayashi, 1941; Minato et al., 1965 etc.). The almost unidirectional acceptance of plate tectonics also followed at this stage, with the exception of the rare but outstanding contribution of A. Miyashiro during the 1960s-1970s. During the “independent science” stage from the 1980s, various new ideas and original techniques in geology were proposed by Japanese geologists with lesser help from the western countries than before; i.e., practical criteria for identifying ancient accretionary complex, exhumation tectonic of ultrahigh to high-P/T metamorphic rocks, and subhorizontal growth framework of subduction-related orogens. Furthermore, in the first decade of the 21st century, the geological science in Japan entered stage of (4), “exporting science” with the introduction of new paradigms, such as the application of detrital zircon chronology to subduction-related orogens, which efficiently recognizes new geotectonic subdivisions and allows paleogeographical reconstruction with much higher resolution than before. These new paradigms (ideas, techniques) from Japan are now on sale for applying to the rest of the world.