JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Reconstruction and dynamic evolution characteristics of cropland area in Japan over the past millennium

LI Mei-jiao, HE Fan-neng, ZHAO Cai-shan, YANG Fan

JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2025, 40(9): 2573-2590. DOI: 10.31497/zrzyxb.20250917

寺观	庄园	年份	直营田面积/町	耕地总面积	直营田比例/%
观世音寺（位于今福冈县太宰府市）	大石庄	保延三年（1137年）	2	59町8段240步	3.4
	大化封		2	47町3段60步	4.3
	把岐庄		1	51町5段140步	2.0
	船越庄		1	27町8段80步	3.7
醍醐寺（位于今京都市伏见区）	得藏庄		3	100町	3.0
醍醐寺（位于今京都市伏见区）	曾弥庄		5	145町	3.4

Table 2 Historical records on agricultural fields of Japan

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Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of the study area
Table 1 Land survey register of the 11th year of Tenshō (1583) in Konzaike village of Omi province
Fig. 2 Land survey register of Sunahara village in the 10th year of Genroku (1697)
Fig. 3 Scheme for reconstruction of cropland area at the regional level of Japan over the past millennium
Table 3 Proportion of agricultural population to the total population in early Meiji-era Japan
Fig. 4 Coordination plan for administrative divisions in Japan
Fig. 5 The correlation between the proportion of population and the proportion of cropland in the early Meiji period, and population data of eight regions in Japan from 800 to 1872
Fig. 6 Changes in cropland area, population, and per capita cropland area of Japan over the past millennium
Fig. 7 Spatial distribution of reclamation rates in eight regions at typical time points over the past millennium
Fig. 8 Comparison results of cropland area and per capita cropland area for Japan in 1200, 1600, 1730, and 1880 from global datasets and this study
Table 4 Relative discrepancy rate of cropland area and per capita cropland area at typical time points between global dataset and this study