Changes in ear-Trapping in Miomote the Asahi Range

• Published in: Annals of The Tohoku Geographycal Asocciation Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Author: IKEYA, Kazunobu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: THE TOHOKU GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION 1988

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the development and the cause of trapping black bears (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicas) in the late Edo period. Miomote in Niigata Prefecture was famous for the hunting settlement where bear hunting is economically and religiously important to village life. T...