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

类别	1872年	1882年	1890年	1900年	1906年	1910年
农业就业人数/千人	15525	15346	15837	15853	16158	15830
占就业总人数/%	72.6	71.2	67.9	65.0	64.5	62.1

Table 3 Proportion of agricultural population to the total population in early Meiji-era 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 2 Historical records on agricultural fields of 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