"Central to the planning of the Meiji reformers was securing the long-term financial stability of the Imperial household that would not leave it exposed to the whims of future political and economic change. The solution was the goryorin, or imperial forests. Properly husbanded, …
This is the first study of its kind to trace the history of what was to become one of Japan's major resources and a model of conservation and forestry management. Central to the planning of the Meiji reformers was securing the long-term financial stability of the Imperial househ…
Though to date little has been published in English on his work, Hasegawa Nyozekan was one of the strongest and most widely-read advocates of liberalism and democracy in Japan in the inter-war years.