Kasugayama Primeval Forest
Japanese: 春日山原始林
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Kasugayama Primeval Forest
Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Kasugayama Primeval Forest (Japan)
Geography
LocationNara Park, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates34°41′3.5″N 135°51′52.3″E / 34.684306°N 135.864528°E / 34.684306; 135.864528
Area298.6 hectares (738 acres)[1]

Kasugayama Primeval Forest (春日山原始林, Kasugaya-yama genshi-rin) is an area of 298.6 hectares (738 acres) of primeval forest in Nara, Japan, that is protected as a Special Natural Monument and which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.[2][3][4] Located in Nara Park to the east of the grounds of Kasuga Taisha and a Chinju no Mori,[5] hunting and logging on Mount Kasuga [ja] have been prohibited since 841.[6]

History

The prohibition, in the tenth volume of Shoku Nihon Kōki
(antepenultimate and penultimate lines, left page)
The background to the prohibition, in the first volume of Ruijū Sandai Kyaku [ja]
(left-hand page)
The date, in the continuation of the same: the first day of the third month of Jōwa 8 (841)
(second line, right-hand page)

In 841, during the reign of Emperor Ninmyō, a prohibition was placed on hunting and logging on the sacred mountain.[2]: 7  In 1873, the Dajō-kan issued a proclamation on the establishment of public parks, and in 1880 Nara Park opened.[2]: 10  This was extended in 1888 to include the areas of Mount Kasuga and Mount Wakakusa; that same year, some two thousand trees on Mount Kasuga were felled by a typhoon.[2]: 10  In 1922, Nara Park was designated a Place of Scenic Beauty under the 1919 Historical Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments Preservation Law.[7] Two years later, Kasugayama Primeval Forest was designated a Natural Monument, a designation upgraded in 1955 to that of Special Natural Monument, under the 1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.[3]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - Map of the inscribed property Clarification / adopted". UNESCO. 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d 春日山原始林保全計画 [Kasugayama Primeval Forest Conservation Plan] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. March 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b 春日山原始林 [Kasugayama Primeval Forest] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara". UNESCO. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ^ "The Forest in the Sacred Precincts of Kasugataisha Shrine". Cabinet Office. July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ^ 春日山原始林 [Kasugayama Primeval Forest] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. ^ 奈良公園 [Nara Park] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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