An Analysis of Saji's Urushi Land Usage on the Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu
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Tottori Prefectural Tottori Nishi High SchoolⅠ Introduction

Ⅲ-2 Land usage seen on the map
Yodo“Urushi” lacquer is cultivated in Japan and in the Korean Peninsulaand has been used since ancient times as lacquerware and as anadhesive. Saji-cho, located in the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture,
has been producing lacquer for a long time and production continued
until 1965. Then stopped because of the increase of imported
production and the lack of success. However, in recent years, therehave been activities to plant lacquer trees and revive the area
through production of lacquer. In this report, we explore suitable sites
for urushi ﬁelds using old maps from the Edo period.

KasegiKamo●Purpose In order to contribute to the restoration of urushi ﬁelds
in Saji-cho, Tottori City (formally Saji Village), which was once alacquer-producing area, we will provide more clariﬁcation on the landuse, especially the distribution of urushi ﬁelds, from old maps and wesuggest a promising candidate site for reclaimed urushi ﬁelds.
●Background We will focus on the "Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu"
created by the Tottori domain at the end of the Tenpo period around1844. “Zenzu '' of each village is owned by the Tottori PrefecturalMuseum. We will analyze land use such as urushi ﬁelds and read thelandscape of the village at that time based on the trace map. In theprevious research on the “Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu'', there is anexplanation of the picture map in the collection.

Figure.3

Land usage according to the "Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu" (upper: land usage, lower: original map (corrected))

ⅡLacquer production in Saji●History of Saji-cho
In 1896, Kuchi Saji Village, Naka Saji Village, and Kami Saji Village were established.
In 1910, three villages merged to form Saji Village, Yazu District.
In 2004, it merged with Tottori City and was renamed Saji-cho, Tottori City.
●Description of “lacquer” that appears in the document
Muromachi period 1413 (Oei 20)
Table.1 Lacquer production in each village of Saji
智頭郡下構村々御⾼・⽥畑地続全図
Edo period Kan'ei 9 (1632),
Kan'ei 21 (1644), Jokyo 1 (1684)-Description of annual tribute onlacquer 1695 (Genroku 8).
-Welcomed craftsmen from old Yamato
province to learn lacquer tapping
techniques. We presumed that anincrease in full-scale production hadbegun.
Kansei 11(1799)-Records of villages with an annual tributeof lacquer and the production volume oflacquer (Table 1).
-Kasegi, Yodo and Kamo(Hosoo, Otsuki,Omizu, Manzo) are the main ones.
●Topography:-Mountainous area about
30km south of central Tottori
city.
-The Saji River, a tributary ofthe Sendai River that ﬂows into
the Sea of Japan, ﬂows
eastward from Tatsumi Pass.
-Length: 19.0km, catchment
area: 83.1㎢, 1,200m classmountains.
-Since the Saji River Basin isbased on metamorphic rocks,
the mountain slopes are steep
and stable, forming deep
valleys (Fig. 2).
-The topography consists ofterrace sediment, alluvium,
river terraces, and the areathat suﬀered from thelandslides.
-From the map,it can beinferred that people have usedtheir land in ways which aresuited to the features of theland.

村物成・諸訳物覚（1799年）（⽶）⽯/⽃/升

リットル換算（1844年）順位

漆畑の有無

葛⾕−

未調査

⼩原−−

刈地

−

未調査

津無−

−

古市−

×

⼤井−

×

森坪

1/7/40378.82

10−

加瀬⽊ Kasegi 10/7/13

1953.631○

⾼⼭

0/0/71128.0814○津野

0/0/23

41.49

15

×

福園

0/1/75

153.3313○

3/3/71

723.375○

6/2/741251.91

3

○

万蔵
⼤⽔

Kamo

尾続（付）

( 資料⽋ )
2/1/35441.968−

舂⾕

1/7/62418.51

9

○

細尾

3/4/2

616.947○

川本

3/3/50685.486−

8/3/591603.672○

尾際

5/7/531123.834−

仲

1/3/58339.1311−栃原

0/7/78266.98

12○YodoKamo
Yodo

Figure.4 Topographic map of the three villages (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Map)

○畑余⼾

Kasegi*Four grey colored villages show Kamo.

Kasegi
Yodo

Figure.1

Geological map of Saji-cho

Kasegi
Yodo

Kamo

Figure.2 Inclination map of Saji-cho(Made by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
Map vector version)

Ⅲ-1 “Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu''●“Denbata-Jitsuzuki Zenzu'' of Saji-cho's 12 maps:each are 3meters by 3meters isowned by the Tottori Prefectural Museum-Furuichi, Oi (1st and 2nd), Kasegi, Takayama, Tsuno, Fukuzono, Kamo(Hosoo, Otsuki,Omizu, Manzo),Tsukutani, Yodo, Tochihara.
-Ten villages, Kasegi, Takayama, Fukuzono, Kamo(Hosoo, Otsuki, Omizu, Manzo),Tsukutani,
Yodo, and Tochihara, were described as urushi ﬁelds. The especially intensive urushi ﬁelds
are Kamo, Kasegi, and Yodo.

KamoFigure.5 Geological map of the three villages (AIST seamless geological map)
●Common uses of land in the 3 village: "Ridge for Pine, valley for Urushi”-Houses, rice paddy ﬁelds, vegetable ﬁelds, slash and burn ﬁelds are located near urushi
ﬁelds from the low-altitude riverside toward the mountains.
-Slash and burn ﬁelds are on the slope of a mountain.
-The lines of ridges expressed the shape of terraced ﬁelds and terraced rice paddy ﬁelds
on the mountain slopes.
-As it is generally said that pine trees are suitable for dry areas and lacquer is suitable for
wet areas, many urushi ﬁelds tend to be distributed in the valleys.
-The area that suﬀered from the landslides of the valley is currently being used for pearﬁelds (Figs. 4 and 5).
-At the time, they were used for vegetable ﬁelds and urushi ﬁelds (Figs. 3 and 5).

Ⅳ Conclusion●Diﬀerences between the three villages-Kamo Village is an area that had the most active urushi ﬁelds.
-Kasegi had many slash and burn ﬁelds and a urushi ﬁeld above them in Kasegi.
-Yodo had many wastelanding urushi ﬁelds painted green. We infer that the waiting period
is for trees to recover after being sapped and for the new seedlings to grow after being
sown.
●Commonality between the three villages-The site of the urushi ﬁeld was used for the production ofmulberry, tobacco, and pear until 1965, when production
stopped. The scenery of the village is completely diﬀerent fromthat of the Edo period (Fig. 4).
●Conclusion-From the above, the area that suﬀered from the landslides isCurrent Kamo
regarded as a promising candidate site for reclaimed urushi ﬁelds.

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