Endangered traditional beliefs in Japan: Influences on snake conservation

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 474-485

  Sasaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Sasaki, Yoshinori ^b   Fox, Stanley F ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University ^*  (Japan)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Japan; Snakes; Taboo; Traditional beliefs

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES;

EID: 78651514141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Anoliefo, G.O., O.S. Isikhuemhen, and N.R. Ochije. 2003. Environmental implications of the erosion of cultural taboo practices in Awka-south local government area of Anambra state, Nigeria: 1. Forests, trees, and water resource preservation. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics 16:281-296.
2. Antoni, K. 1995. The "separation of gods and buddhas" at Ōmiwa Jinja in Meiji Japan. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 22:139-159.
3. Arakawa, H. 1996. Ryu no Kigen. Kinokuniya-shoten, Tokyo, Japan.
4. Ashkenazi, M. 2003. Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
5. Association of Minakata Kumagusu Archives. 2006. Genpon Honkoku, Minakata Nisho: Matsumura Jinzou ate Minakata Kumagus Genshokan. Association of Minakata Kumagusu Archives, Wakayama, Japan.
6. Barrow, E., and N. Pathak. 2005. Conserving "unprotected" protected areas - communities can and do conserve landscapes of all sorts. Pp. 65-85 In The Protected Landscape Approach: Linking Nature, Culture and Community. Brown, J., N. Mitchell, and M. Beresford (Eds.). The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
7. Bengtsson J, P. Angelstam, T. Elmqvist, U. Emanuelsson, C. Folke, M. Ihse, F. Moberg, and M. Nyström. 2003. Reserves, resilience, and dynamic landscapes. Ambio 32:389-96.
8. Bérczi, S., O. Sano, and R. Takaki. 2001. Snake patterns in Eurasia/Japan and their implications. Forma 16:279-287.
9. Berkes, F., J. Colding, and C. Folke. 2000. Rediscovery of traditional ecological knowledge as adaptive management. Ecological Applications 10:1251-1262.
10. Bernard, P.S. 2003. Ecological implications of water spirit beliefs in southern Africa: the needs to protect knowledge, nature, and resource rights. Pp. 148-154 In Seventh World Wilderness Congress Symposium: Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values. Watson, A., and J. Sproull (compilers). Proceedings RMRS-P-27. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah, USA.
11. Bhagwat, S., C. Kushalappa, P. Williams, and N. Brown. 2005. The role of informal protected areas in maintaining biodiversity in the Western Ghats of India. Ecology and Society 10:8. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art8/Bhagwat,
12. Bhagwat, S.A., and C. Rutte. 2006. Sacred groves: potential for biodiversity management. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 4:519-524.
13. Chandrakanth, M.G., M.G. Bhat, and M.S. Accavva. 2004. Socio-economic changes and sacred groves in south India: protecting a community-based resource management institution. Natural Resources Forum 28:102-11.
14. Choate, L.D. 1963. An albino population of Elaphe climacophora from Iwakuni, Japan. Herpetologica 8:260-262.
15. Colding, J., and C. Folke. 2001. Social taboos: invisible systems of local resource management and biological conservation. Ecological Applications 11:584-600.
16. Conant, R. 1992. Comments on the survival status of members of the Agkistrodon complex. Pp. 29-33 In Contributions in Herpetology. Strimple, P.D., and J.L. Strimple (Eds.). Greater Cincinnati Herpetological Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
17. Czaja, M. 1974. Gods of Myth and Stone: Phallicism in Japanese Folk Religion. Weatherhill, New York, New York, USA.
18. Daniels, F.J. 1960. Snake and dragon lore of Japan. Folklore 71:145-164.
19. Diamond, J. 2005. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive. Penguin Books, London, UK.
20. Dodd, Jr., C.K. 1993. Strategies for snake conservation. Pp. 363-388 In Snakes: Ecology and Behavior. Seigel, R.A., and J.T. Collins (Eds.). McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, USA.
21. Dudden, A. 2005. Japanese colonial control in international terms. Japanese Studies 25:1-20.
22. Dudley, N., L. Higgins-Zogib, and S. Mansourian. 2009. The links between protected areas, faiths, and sacred natural sites. Conservation Biology 23:568-577.
23. Ellis, E.C., and N. Ramankutty. 2008. Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6:439-447.
24. Getty, A. 1940. Uga-jin: the coiled-serpent god with a human head. Artibus Asiae 8:36-48.
25. Gloyd, H.K., and R. Conant. 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, New York, USA.
26. Groombridge, B. 1992. Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living Resources. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York, USA.
27. Green, R.E., S.J. Cornell, J.P.W. Scharlemann, and A. Balmford. 2005. Farming and the fate of wild nature. Science 307:550-555.
28. Hattori, S. 2002. Present state and problem of Habu snake (Trimeresurus flavoviridis). South Pacific Studies Occasional Papers (Minami Taiheiyou Kaiiki Chousa Kenkyu Houkoku) 36:15-21.
29. Iwatsuki, K. 2005. Sacred forests connected with the temple shrines of Japan. Pp. 90-92 In Conserving cultural and biological diversity: the role of sacred natural sites and cultural landscapes. Schaaf, T., and C. Lee (Eds.). Proceedings of the Tokyo Symposium.
30. UNESCO, Paris.Iwatsuki et al. 2005 - pg.2 last paragraph
31. Jones, J.P.G., M.M. Andriamarovololona, and N. Hockley. 2008. The importance of taboos and social norms to conservation in Madagascar. Conservation Biology 22:976-986.
32. Kato, S. 1999. Three ecologies in Minakata Kumagusu's environmental movement. Organization & Environment 12:85-98.
33. Kato, M. 2001. 'Satoyama' and biodiversity conservation: 'satoyama' as important insect habitat. Global Environmental Research 5:135-149.
34. Kawanabe, H. 2003. Cultural association in an ancient lake: gods of water in Lake Biwa and the River Yodo basin, Japan. Hydrobiologia 500:213-216.
35. Knight, J. 1997. On the extinction of the Japanese wolf. Asian Folklore Studies 56:129-159.
36. Kojima, Y. 1991. Hebi no Uchushi. Tokyo Bijutsu, Tokyo, Japan. Kondo, M. 1991. The formation of sacred places as a factor of the environmental preservation: the case of Setonaikai (Inland Sea) in Japan. Marine Pollution Bulletin 23:649-652.
37. Lenzen M, A. Lane, A. Widmer-Cooper, and M. Williams. 2008. Effects of land use on threatened species. Conservation Biology 23:294-306.
38. Lingard, M., N. Raharison, E. Rabakonandrianina, J.A. Rakotoarisoa, and T. Elmqvist. 2003. The role of local taboos in conservation and management of species: the radiated tortoise in southern Madagascar. Conservation and Society 1:223-246.
39. Liu, H., Z. Xu, Y. Xu, and J. Wang. 2002. Practice of conserving plant diversity through traditional beliefs: a case study in Xishuangbanna, southwest China. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:705-713.
40. McClain, J.L. 2001. Japan: A Modern History. W.W. Norton, New York, New York, USA.
41. Matsutani, M. 2003. Gendai Minwako 9: Kodama, Hebi, Ki no Seirei, Sensou to Ki. Chikuma Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.
42. Matsuyama, M. 1998. Habu koushou ni matsuwaru minzoku to sono minkan ryouhou. Pp. 367-404 In Nihon Minzoku Bunka Shiryou Shussei 20: Habu no Minzoku. Tanigawa, K. (Ed.). Sanichi Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.
43. Motonaka, M. 2006. Sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the Kii mountain range. Pp. 34-39 In Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes. Schaaf, T., and C. Lee (Eds.) Proceedings of the Tokyo Symposium. UNESCO, Paris, France.
44. Naito, M. 1978. Kikikaki Tono Monogatari. Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha, Tokyo, Japan.
45. Nakamura, K. 1998. Habu ni kansuru minzokugakuteki ousatsu. Pp. 405-415 In Nihon Minzoku Bunka Shiryou Shusse 20: Habu no Minzoku. Tanigawa, K. (Ed.). Sanichi Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.
46. Nakamura, M., and N. Furushou. 2004. Samukawa Shuraku. Nakamura, M. and Furushou, N., Japan.
47. Nomoto, K. 2004. Kinbatsu denshou to irazu no mori. Pp. 45-82 In Tankyu Chinju no Mori: Shashougaku eno Shoutai. Ueda, M. (Ed.). Heibonsha, Tokyo, Japan.
48. Ohsawa, M. 2006. Sacred mountains and landscape supporting biodiversity and human life: lessons from Mount Fuji and the Himalayas. Pp. 44-51 In Conserving cultural and biological diversity: the role of sacred natural sites and cultural landscapes. Schaaf, T., and C. Lee (Eds.). Proceedings of the Tokyo Symposium. UNESCO, Paris, France.
49. Omura, H. 2004. Trees, forests and religion in Japan. Mountain Research and Development 24:179-182.
50. Ooba, Y. 2006. Ryujin Shinko: Suwashin no Rutsu o Saguru. Ronsosha, Tokyo, Japan.
51. Opler, M.E. 1945. Japanese folk belief concerning the snake. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 1:249-259.
52. Oviedo, G., and S. Jeanrenaud. 2006. Protecting sacred natural sites of indigenous and traditional peoples. Pp. 260-266 In Conserving cultural and biological diversity: the role of sacred natural sites and cultural landscapes. Schaaf, T., and C. Lee (Eds.). Proceedings of the Tokyo Symposium. UNESCO, Paris, France.
53. Rai, S.C. 2007. Traditional ecological knowledge and community-based natural resource management in northeast India. Journal of Mountain Science 4:248-258.
54. Rodrigues, A.S.L, S.J. Andelman, M.I. Bakarr, L. Boitani, T.M. Brooks, R.M. Cowling, L.D.C. Fishpool, G.A.B. da Fonseca, K.J. Gaston, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Long, P.A. Marquet, J.D. Pilgrim, R.L.J.S. Pressey, W. Sechrest, S.N. Stuart, L.G. Underhill, R.W. Waller, M.E.J. Watts, and X. Yan. 2004. Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity. Nature 428:640-643.
55. Saj, T.L., C. Mather, and P. Sicotte. 2006. Traditional taboos in biological conserervation: the case of Colobus vellerosus at the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Central Ghana. Social Science Information 45(2):285-310.
56. Sala, O.E., F.S. Chapin, J.J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber-Sanwald, L.F. Huenneke, R.B. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D.M. Lodge, H.A. Mooney, M. Oesterheld, N.L. Poff, M.T. Sykes, B.H. Walker, M. Walker, and D.H. Wall. 2000. Biodiversity: global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287:1770-1774.
57. Sasaki, T. 2006. Yama no Kami to Nihonjin: Yama no Kami Shinko kara Saguru Nihon no Kisobunka. Yosensha, Tokyo, Japan.
58. Sasaki, K., M.W. Palmer, and T. Hayashi. 2005. Influence of climate, elevation, and land use in regional herpetofaunal distribution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Community Ecology 6:219-227.
59. Sasaki, K., S.F. Fox, and D. Duvall. 2009. Rapid evolution in the wild: changes in body size, lifehistory traits, and behavior in hunted populations of the Japanese Mamushi snake. Conservation Biology 23:93-102.
60. Sasaki, K., A.J. Place, and K.N. Gaylor. 2008. Attitudes toward rattlesnakes by the peoples of North America and implications for rattlesnake conservation. Pp. 473-484 In The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Hayes, W.K., K.R. Beaman, M.D. Cardwell, and S.P. Bush (Eds.). Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California, USA.
61. Senda, M. 1992. Japan's traditional view of nature and interpretation of landscape. GeoJournal 26:129-134.
62. Sengoku, S. 1996. Aodaisho. Pp. 84-86 In The Encyclopaedia of Animals in Japan 5: Amphibians, Reptiles, Chondrichthes. Sengoku, S., T. Hikida, M. Matsui, and K. Nakaya (Eds). Heibonsha, Tokyo, Japan.
63. Takara, T. 1998. Habu = Hanbida. Pp. 103-208 In Nihon Minzoku Bunka Shiryou Shusse 20: Habu no Minzoku. Tanigawa, K. (Ed.). Sanichi Shobo, Tokyo, Japan.
64. Takeuchi, K., R.D. Brown, I. Washitani, A. Tsunekawa, and M. Yokohari. 2003. Satoyama: The Traditional Rural Landscape of Japan. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, Japan.
65. Tengö, M., K. Johansson, F. Rakotondrasoa, J. Lundberg, J.-A. Andriamaherilala, J.-A. Rakotoarisoa, and T. Elmqvist. 2007. Taboos and forest governance: informal protection of hot spot dry forest in Southern Madagascar. Ambio 36:683-691.
66. Tilman, D., J. Fargione, B. Wolff, C. D'Antonio, A. Dobson, R. Howarth, D. Schindler, W.H. Schlesinger, D. Simberloff, and D. Swackhamer. 2001. Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change. Science 292:281-284.
67. Tsugita, M. 1971. Nihon shinwa ni arawareta raijin to jashin. Pp. 169-190 In Nihon Shinwa. Nihon Bungaku Kenkyu Shiryo Kankokai (Ed.). Yuseido, Tokyo, Japan.
68. Yanagita, K. 1935. Tono Monogatari Shui. Kyoudo Kenkyusha, Tokyo, Japan.
69. Yanagita, K. 1941. Ishigami Mondo. Sogensha, Osaka, Japan.
70. Yanagita, K. 1999. Tono Monogatari: Fu Tono Monogatari Shui. Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, Japan.
71. Yoneyama, L. 2004. Race Religion and Migration in Modern Japan. Routledge Press.
72. Yoshida, T. 1998. Gods, ancestors and mediators: A cosmology from the South-western Archipelago of Japan. Pp. 167-181 In Interpreting Japanese Society: Anthropological Approaches. 2nd Edition. Hendry, J. (Ed). Routledge, London, UK.
73. Yoshida, C. 1980. Habu to Ningen. Ryukyushinpo, Okinawa, Japan.
74. Yoshino, H. 1982. Nihonjin no Shiseikan: Hebi Shinkō no Shiza kara. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
75. Yoshino, H. 2000. Hebi: Nihon no Hebi Shinkou. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
76. Yoshino, H. 2001. The Snake cult in Japan. Pp. 85-92 In Forest and Civilisations. Yasuda, Y. (Ed.). Lustre Press and Roli Books, New Delhi, India.