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Hōrai rice (Penglai rice?) is a variety of Japonica rice that was crossbred to grow in the warmer, more tropical climate of Taiwan during Japanese imperial rule.
History
editIn 1912, the plant breeder Eikichi Iso arrived in the Japanese colony of Taiwan.[1]
[1] - general overview of rice
[2] - biography on Eikichi Iso (Megumu Suenaga?)
[3] - note on increased rice yield in Taiwan
[4] - pages 355 & 356
[6] - the Taiwanese government gave Eikichi Iso the Keisei award, Taiwan's highest decoration
[7] - horai varieties bred to suit the tastes of Japanese consumers and became a cash crop.
Matsuo, Takane. "Dr. Iso's Rice and Crops in its Rotation in Subtropical Zone (Book Review)." Japan Quarterly 2.2 (1955): 251. (PROQUEST)
References
edit- ^ a b Leow, Wei Yi (2020). "Horai Rice in the Making of Japanese Colonial Taiwan". Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review. 9 (1): 40–66. doi:10.1353/ach.2020.0011. ISSN 2158-9674.
- ^ TaiwanRice (2024-01-10). "Father of Peng Lai Rice – Iso Eikichi - Taiwan Rice". Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Wiens, Herold J. (1950). "Review of Rice Culture in Taiwan; Postwar Economy of Taiwan, A Crucial Area of East Asia; L'ile de Formose; Formosa; Poor Little Rich Land. Formosa". Geographical Review. 40 (4): 684–686. doi:10.2307/211115. ISSN 0016-7428. JSTOR 211115.
- ^ Howe, Christopher (1999-12-15). The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-35486-6.
- ^ Barclay, George Watson (2015-12-08). Colonial Development and Population in Taiwan. Princeton University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-1-4008-7701-0.
- ^ Mizuno, Hiromi; Moore, Aaron S.; DiMoia, John (2018-08-09). Engineering Asia: Technology, Colonial Development, and the Cold War Order. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-1-350-06393-8.
- ^ Edmonds, Richard Louis; Goldstein, Steven M. (2001-08-23). Taiwan in the Twentieth Century: A Retrospective View. Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-0-521-00343-8.