Cover illustration: Fisher with a yotsude net on the Tone River (top). Katsushika Hokusai, “Sōshū Tonegawa,” Chie no umi (Publisher unknown, 1834–36). Courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Steamboat on the Yodo River approaching Osaka’s Yoshiya Bridge (bottom). Nomura Yoshikuni, “Ōsaka Ashiya-bashi jōki shuppan,” in Keihan meisho zue (Kyoto: Ikeda Fusajirō, 1885). Courtesy of the National Diet Library, Tokyo.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wilson, Roderick I. (Roderick Ike), author.
Title: Turbulent streams : an environmental history of Japan’s rivers, 1600–1930 / by Roderick I. Wilson.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Brill’s Japanese studies library, 0925–6512 ; 68 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021011062 (print) | LCCN 2021011063 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004433014 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004438231 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: River engineering—Japan—History. | River engineering—Government policy—Japan. | Riparian areas—Japan—History. | Riparian areas—Management—Government policy—Japan. | Tone River (Japan) | Yodo River (Japan) | Japan—Environmental conditions.
Classification: LCC TC505 .W55 2021 (print) | LCC TC505 (ebook) | DDC 627/.1209520903—dc23
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