Abstract
Relationship between the clan forest management in the Edo era and the national forest management in the Modern era haven't been studied in historical studies on Japanese forest policy. The current study analyzed the achievement of the management and operation system for the clan forest in the Edo era, and its succession to the Modern era in Akita. In the early 19th century, a drastic reformation of forest policy had started in Akita clan. Then, the forest policy and administration had been unified by the Akita clan, and an advanced forest management based on logging in rotation had been established. In the early Meiji era, governmental forest in Akita prefecture was formed by a succession of the clan forest, fundamentally. The governmental forest was managed by Akita prefecture at the begging, while it has been under the control of the central government directly, since 1878. However, the forest management system, which was established in the 19th century, was accumulated by the talents who have experiences of governmental forest management, and villages which had been utilizing the clan forest. Thus, a method of detailed forest resource survey and systematic utilization of governmental forest had always been aimed.
