重新审视日治初期台湾水圳图资之发展.PDFVIP

地理學報 第七十八期： 39-62 (2015) 39 JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (78) : 39-62 (2015) DOI: 10.6161/jgs.2015.78.03 重新審視日治初期臺灣水圳圖資之發展 以1903-1908 年「埤圳台帳」為例 Re-exploring the Development of Irrigation Maps in Taiwan under Early Japanese Colonial Rule A Case Study of the Irrigation Registers 1903-1908 吳佳融 * 賴進貴 ** Chia-Jung Wu Jinn-Guey Lay Abstract By investigating the irrigation policy in Taiwan under early Japanese colonial rule, an important type of historical irrigation map enclosed in “Irrigation Registers ” has been revealed. Through examination of these maps, this study discusses how the Japanese constructed their geographic knowledge of the traditional irrigation systems in Taiwan and represented such spatial contexts through maps. The analysis data are derived from the Irrigation Registers produced between 1903 and 1908 in the Archives of the Government-General of Taiwan (Taiwan Sotokufu Archives). The research method combines historical document analysis with cartometric analysis to elucidate the political, technological and cultural significance of Irrigation Registers. Research findings highlight that the Irrigation Registers were created to clarify the traditional irrigation properties developed in Taiwan under Ching rule. The primary purpose of the registers was to strengthen colonial government control over the existing irrigation resources of significant public interest, namely “the Public Ponds and Canals”. To illustrate multiple ownership and stak