Hokusei Gakuen University

Examining the Relationship Between Tatara Iron Production and Grassland Distribution in Western Japan: An Open Geospatial Approach to Historical Landscape Analysis

Abstract. In western Japan, traditional tatara iron production has long been associated, both in historical narratives and in early ecological work, with the persistence of grassland landscapes. This view was stated by Itow (1962), but the inferred link has rarely been examined w...