Kasugayama Primeval Forest
{{Short description|Primeval forest in Nara, Japan}}
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| name = Kasugayama Primeval Forest
| native_name = 春日山原始林
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| map = Japan Nara Prefecture#Japan
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| coordinates = {{Coord|34|41|3.5|N|135|51|52.3|E|region:JP-29|display=inline, title}}
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| region = Nara Park, Nara, Nara Prefecture
| country = Japan
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| area = {{convert|298.6|ha}}{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/document/119909 |title=Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - Map of the inscribed property Clarification / adopted |date=2012 |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=25 October 2023}}
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{{nihongo|Kasugayama Primeval Forest|春日山原始林|Kasugaya-yama genshi-rin}} is an area of {{convert|298.6|ha}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.pref.nara.jp/49401.htm |script-title=ja:春日山原始林保全計画 |trans-title=Kasugayama Primeval Forest Conservation Plan |language=ja |publisher=Nara Prefecture |date=March 2017 |access-date=25 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1951 |script-title=ja:春日山原始林 |trans-title=Kasugayama Primeval Forest |language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=25 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/870/ |title=Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=25 October 2023}} Located in Nara Park to the east of the grounds of Kasuga Taisha and a Chinju no Mori,{{cite web |url=https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202107/202107_03_en.html |title=The Forest in the Sacred Precincts of Kasugataisha Shrine |publisher=Cabinet Office |date=July 2021 |access-date=25 October 2023}} hunting and logging on {{ill|Mount Kasuga|ja|春日山 (奈良県)}} have been prohibited since 841.{{cite web |url=https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/special_content/component/50 |script-title=ja:春日山原始林 |trans-title=Kasugayama Primeval Forest |language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=25 October 2023}}
History
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| image1 = 春日山原始林（続日本後紀）.jpg
| caption1 = The prohibition, in the tenth volume of Shoku Nihon Kōki
(antepenultimate and penultimate lines, left page)
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| caption2 = The background to the prohibition, in the first volume of {{ill|Ruijū Sandai Kyaku|ja|類聚三代格}}
(left-hand page)
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| caption3 = The date, in the continuation of the same: the first day of the third month of Jōwa 8 (841)
(second line, right-hand page)
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In 841, during the reign of Emperor Ninmyō, a prohibition was placed on hunting and logging on the sacred mountain.{{rp|7}}
In 1873, the Dajō-kan issued a proclamation on the establishment of public parks, and in 1880 Nara Park opened.{{rp|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.{{rp|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.{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1940 |script-title=ja:奈良公園 |trans-title=Nara Park |language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=25 October 2023}} 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.
See also
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