Geographical Studies of Socio-cultural Elements in Japan
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Investigation concerning the phenomenon of distribution is a conventional method for human geography. The pursuit of phenomenon on the distribution, however, is not always a worth-while job in itself. If human geography treats foundamentally of a history on space, the study in regard to the phenomenon of distribution is a useful work because it brings forward a clear evidence resulting from historical facts, or as it is reflected in the landscape of land surface in accordance with the time of the historical process. Viewed in this light, among the human and cultural sciences that take up a phenomenon of distribution, there is something in common between the angle of vision and linguistic geography. The author illustrates this from such a point of view.(1) Distribution of Jôri Square Land System: of late years, the study centering around the problem of restoration to an original state goes ahead with Prof. Tanioka's works. It has been definitely shown by Prof. Tanioka that the distribution of land system has been undertaken on a nation-wide scale. We can get from these results a vivid impression of each local geographic actuality as they were in ancient time.(2) Distribution of Kinship Terminology: by investigating the distribution of main kinship terminology remaining in the Loochoo Islands, we can believe that the author was at length on the right track of their change in latter days (the last stage of the Medieval Ages-the opening stage of recent times) and their historical significance. The author considers that it may not be practically impossible to go back still more into the past.(3) Distribution of House Type (double-roofed house type): distribution of double-roofed house type along the Pacific Ocean from the Loochoo Islands and southern Kyushu districts to the southern region of the Kanto district should be interpreted, rather to be a remaining type of surrounding distribution that is left behind in the march of progress from standarization of four-square house types created on Honsyu Island in recent times, than recognize northing of the southern type of the house forms or the existence of a cultural area by the Black current (the Japan Current). In addition to this consideration, through the these kinds of study, I think we can hit upon a clue to make clear a genealogical table of progress concerning Japanese house types.The question boils down to this: viewed from the point of human geography, there is keenly felt a need of such a detaild extensive investigation in a few limited areas on the object of study based on the social unit itself.
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