On Bamboo Culture in Ancient Japan of 8th Century from Chorography "Fudoki"

The chorography "Fudoki" in early eighth Century is a comprehensive record literature on geography, customs, scenic spots, and products around Japan.From the perspective of the Japanese bamboo culture, this paper interprets the several cultural images of bamboo(竹), Xiao(篠), Ti(笹), Jian(箭), Jin (蓳), bamboo shoot (笋), etc.in " Fudoki ", then analyzes the names, cultural connotations and distribution of bamboos in the archipelago of Japan in the early eighth Century, and reproduces the richness and profundity of ancient Japanese bamboo culture.The conclusions of this study are as followings: Bamboo Jin were distributed in Often land, Harima, Izumo, Inaba, and Satsuma province of Japan; cultural image Xiao had many name, maybe mainly as Shibataea kumasaca, and was in Izumo, Hizen, and Yamato province of Japan; cultural image Ti (Sasagawa) was in Harima; cultural image Jian should be Pseudosasa japonica, and was mainly in Often land; cultural mage Jin(蓳) was actually bamboo Jin, mainly distributed in Hizen; and eating bamboo shoots appeared in Harima.