Basic research on historical development of Tohoku intermediate and mountainous area : Mainly the grasp of the owning historical materials of Regional Forestry Offices and District forestry office

在东北地区的县，国家森林占据了很大的面积。特别是青森、秋田、山形、岩手等4个县的国家森林面积达到各县面积的26-41%。从这一点来看，国林问题对于东北地区的地域性历史研究具有重要意义。目前，除福岛县外，东北5个县的国家森林由农林水产省林务厅东北地区森林厅（秋田市）管理。这个森林管理处是由青森区域森林事务处和秋田区域森林事务处合并而成的。我们调查了原秋田县和青森县森林厅创建和保存的历史资料，并编制了历史记录清单。秋田地区森林厅有3913条记录，青森地区森林厅有3835条记录。它的特点是包含了1700年左右以来以封建森林为中心的封建政策的历史记录。当然，它包含了前现代的记录，国家森林的历史记录及其治理体系，其管理的发展，以及当地人民对其的利用。我们计划以东北北部地区为例，以地区林务厅、封建政府、自治团体、民间户谱等史料为参考，厘清重视封建/国家森林与社区关系的政策史和森林利用史。目前，我国的国家森林经营已经到了关键的边缘。如果我们的研究取得进展，将能够找到新的国家森林治理和管理的方向，重视与区域的关系。此外，还可以绘制东北北部省份的复合图像。

In the prefectures of the Tohoku region, the national forest occupies a big area. Especially the national forest area of four prefectures in Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, and Iwate reaches 26-41% of each prefecture area. From this point, the issue on national forest is important for conducting regional history research in the Tohoku region. The Tohoku Regional Forest Office (Akita city) of the Forestry Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, manages the national forest of 5 prefectures in the northeast region, except Fukushima prefecture now. This forest management office was formed by integrating the Aomori Regional Forest Office and the Akita Regional Forest Office.We investigated the historical data which the former Akita and Aomori Regional Forest Offices have created and kept, and created the historical-records list. There are 3913 records in the Akita Regional Forest Offices, and 3835 records in the Aomori Regional Forest Office. It is characteristic that the historical records of a feudal policy centering on the feudal forest from around 1700 are contained. Certainly, it contains the register of pre-modern era, the historical records of the national forest and its governance system, development of its management, and its use by local people.By making northern part of northeast region into an example, we are planning to clarify the history of policy and the forest use that attached great importance to the relationship between feudal/national forest and communities, with the reference on these historical records of Regional Forestry Office, feudal government, self-governing body, and private household records. The national forest management of our country is critical on the verge now. If our research advances, the directionality of new national forest governance and management that values the relation to the region will be able to be found. In addition, a compound image in the northeast north provinces will be able to be drawn.