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name = "Japan" |
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description = """ |
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Our results converge with qualitative and quantitative assessments of economic development Bassino et al. |
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(2019); Farris (2009); Nakabayashi et al. (2020) (see Fig. 10). |
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We observe a rise of cultural production from the 7th c. (Nara era) to the 10th c. (Heian era) during which it is estimated that GDP per capita |
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increased by 80% Bassino et al. (2019); Nakabayashi et al. (2020). We also observe a continuous rise of |
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cultural production from the 16th c. onward during which it is estimated that population tripled (from 10 |
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to 32 million people), GDP per capita increased by 80%, urbanization was multiplied by 5 from 2.5% to |
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12,5%, with the size of Tokyo and Osaka rivaling that of London or Paris Bassino et al. (2019); Nakabayashi |
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et al. (2020). Whereas the previous estimates of the GDP per capita showed extended stagnancy between |
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the ninth and 14th c., our results converge with the most recent study, showing a sharp decline in the 12th |
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century and recovery from the 13th to 16th centuries Nakabayashi et al. (2020). |
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In line with this study Nakabayashi et al. (2020), our results also suggest that the recovery of the economic development began in |
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the 13th during the Kamakura shogunate, earlier than what was previously estimated. |
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Our result also allows to have finer temporal estimation. For instance, we observe that the isolation of |
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the country (the sakoku policy) starting in 1633 did not impact economic cultural production. At the other |
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end of the period, we can see that cultural production was already very robust before the Meiji reforms |
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(1868). |
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Also, we document the relative importance of the Kanta and Kansai plains in Japanese history, and |
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the progressive shift from the East to the West (see Fig. 11). Despite the political domination of the Kansai |
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plain from the 13th onward, the shift in cultural production only occurred during the late 18th c. (Edo |
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period) |
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time_range = [800, 1800] |
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