樟腦製作

[英文]The square boxes and pipes in the foreground constitute the cooling system in which the steam from a camphor stove is condensed into crystals. The thatch- roofed structure houses the stove itself. Though actual camphor chips are not visible in this particular photo, the relative locations of the tanks, pipes, and thatched building closely resemble the diagrams of camphor works pictured in Davidson (p. 421) and Nihon chiri taikei (p. 277). From the time of annexation and even a couple of decades before, camphor was a valuable export product for both the Qing and Japanese states. Since the best trees were located at altitudes also populated by Indigenous Peoples, violent confrontations over access to this resource was a major theme in Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan. In 1932, compiler George Caiger captioned this photo: @A stage in the production of camphor. Formosa supplies over two thirds of the world$s camphor (1932, p. 242).