Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900From tax and household registers, law codes, and other primary sources, as well as recent Japanese sources, William Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic, scientific analysis of early Japanese population, including the role of disease in economic development. This work provides a comprehensive study of land clearance, agricultural technology, and rural settlement. The function and nature of ritsuryō institutions are reinterpreted within the revised demographic and economic setting. Farris's text is illustrated with maps, population pyramids for five localities, and photographs and translations of portions of tax and household registers, which throw further light on the demography and economy of Japan in the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Fertility Mortality and Life Expectancy in the Early | 18 |
The Kyushu Records | 29 |
The Shimōsa Records 4 The Yamashiro Records | 32 |
Characteristics of Five Document Sets | 33 |
Sex Ratios for Five Sets of Population Data 7 Registration of Children Age 15 and Under | 35 |
Myerss Index for the Mino and Hanyū Populations 9 Myerss Index for the Kyushu Population | 37 |
Myerss Index for the Shimōsa and Yamashiro Populations | 38 |
Land Clearance | 74 |
Early Examples of Land Clearance | 81 |
Farming Conditions in Hamana District Tōtōmi Province 740 | 83 |
Agriculture in Inaba Province 842 | 89 |
Land Use and Agricultural Technology | 94 |
Iron Remains Uncovered from Peasant Settlements 350900 | 103 |
Farming Conditions in Sanuki Province 735 | 107 |
Rural Settlement | 118 |
Reliability Ranking of Early Population Data | 40 |
Successes and Failures in the Search for EighthCentury Vital | 43 |
Vital Statistics for Four Early Japanese Populations | 44 |
Childless Women in Three Sets of Household Registers | 45 |
Population Trends and Epidemic Disease | 50 |
Defaults on Provincial Rice Loans | 66 |
Male and Female Vagrants in Four Tax Registers | 127 |
Settlement at Yamada Mizunomi in Chiba Prefecture | 134 |
Local Administration in Tang China and Early Japan | 139 |
Conclusion | 141 |