关键词: 日本, 《地学杂志》, 中国, 实地调查

Abstract: Journal of Geography is the most important professional journal of earth sciences in Japan.Since 1889,the year when Journal of Geography was launched,it has long been interested in East and Southeast Asia,numerous articles related in this region on geography had been published,which include not only theses but also plenty of field investigation articles.From 1889 to 1944,Journal of Geography had an average of more than 13% of articles and coverage which were relevant to China,thus,studies on China took a leading position in this journal.Based on an original survey,this paper mainly introduced the evolution and demonstrated the value of Journal of Geography,and then analyzed the characteristics of the articles about China that were published from 1889 to 1944.The paper focuses on the field investigations carried out by Japanese geographers in various aspects of China,including the landforms,geology,resources,products,and transportations as well as the social humanities.The value of the above investigations is discussed and the temporal-spatial distribution features are analyzed.By using these articles based on a large number of field survey data and results in China from Japanese geographers and other historical documents,the cognition level of geography in China from 1889 to 1944 by the Japanese like editors and writers of Journal of Geography is reconstructed.Taking the article's connection with China as a key point,we discuss the causes of such historical phenomenon,especially the influence of the policy of Japanese invading China.We can see a close relationship between the field survey in China by Japanese geographers and the fact that at that time,demands for Chinese geographic information increased steadily in Japan,according to this study.

Key words: Japan, Journal of Geography, China, field survey