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The general name applied to algse in Japan is nori, which is also often given to 

 the prepared products. The term enters into numerous combinations, as will be seen 

 in the following chapters. The seaweed preparations to which special attention is 

 given are kombu, amanori, funori, kanten. and iodine. All of these can he made in the 

 United States, and it is largely with a view to pointing out the possibilities for a 

 successful business in some or all of these products that this report is submitted. 



The information herewith presented embodies a brief account of the methods of 

 taking and utilizing seaweeds in Japan, and is based on personal inquiries by the 

 writer in L903. Statistical and other useful data have been furnished by Dr. K. 

 Kishinouye and Dr. K. Oku, of the imperial fisheries bureau, Tokyo. To Doctor 

 Oku, especially, the writer is under great obligations for assistance and information, 

 without which the preparation of this paper would have been impracticable. A 

 number of manufacturers of seaweed products supplied samples, gave information, 

 and accorded facilities for inspecting their establishments; among those to whom 

 special acknowledgments are due are Messrs. Risuke Yamamoto, Hikobei Nakanisi, 

 Hikobei Matsushita, Kingo Matsushita, and Manjiro Nakajima, all of Osaka. 



The biological and commercial aspects of the Japanese seaweeds have been con- 

 sidered in various official reports, the most complete of which are published only in 

 the Japanese language and are not available for foreign readers. The following 

 publications have been consulted in the preparation of this paper, and some of the 

 illustrations herein shown have been copied or adapted therefrom. Only the first 

 three papers are in English. 

 Japanese Bureau op Agriculture. 



is'.):;. Useful Algae, in Descriptive Catalogue of Exhibits relating to the Fisheries of Japan at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition. Tokyo, 40 pages. 



L894. Utilization of Algse, in The Fisheries of Japan. Compiled and arranged from the foregoing 

 catalogue by Hugh M. Smith. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1893, pp. 419^138. 



K. Yexdo. 



1902. Uses of Marine Algte in Japan. Postelsia, The Year Book of the Minnesota Seaside Stati. in, 



1901, pp. 1-18. St. Paul, 1902. 



1903. Investigations on Isoyake (decrease of seaweed). Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, 



Vol. XII, No. 1, 1903. 



MlYABE, YAMAGAWA, AND OsHIMA. 



1902. On the Laminariace« and Laminaria Industries of Hokkaido, being Part III of Report on 



Investigations of the Marine Resources of Hokkaido, pp. 212, numerous plates. Sapporo, 

 1902. 

 1. On the Laminariacete of Hokkaido. By Prof. Kingo Miyabe. 

 II. On the Laminaria Industries of Hokkaido. By Shin Yamagawa. 

 III. Chemical Analysis of Laminaria. By Prof. Kintaro Oshima. 



T. NlSHIMURA. 



1903. Manufacture of Funori (seaweed glue) in the Prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, and Miye. 



Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Vol. XII, No. 3, 1903. 



K. Oku. 



1904. Preparation of Kizami-kombu (green-dyed laminaria) in the Prefecture of Osaka. Journal 



of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Vol. XIII, Xo. 2, 1904. 



