Research Reports No.5

Report of the 2nd Research Meeting on Cultural Landscapes

Cultural Landscapes as Living Things: How Do We Read Systems of Change?

Research Reports of Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Vol.5

CONTENTS

Frontispieces

Purpose of the Meeting

Program

Preface: The Necessity of the Feedback between the Concept of Cultural Landscapes and Their Preservation System.   SHIMIZU Shigeatsu

Part I Lectures and Reports

"The Systems of Change Inherent in Cultural Landscapes"

[Keynote Lecture]

Cultural Landscapes as Living Systems    2

KINDA Akihiro

[Keynote Reports]

1 Conservation of Continuing Cultural Landscapes in Rural Areas  16

YOKOHARI Makoto

2 Cultural Landscapes Viewed from Theories on Village and Townscape Conservation 22

NISHIYAMA Noriaki

[Case Studies]

1 The Onta Pottery Village's Approach to the Cultural Landscape  41

YOSHIDA Hiroshi

2 How to Deal with Wide-Area Cultural Landscapes: The Case of "Cultural landscape of the Shimanto River Basin"   50

EDANI Hiroko

3 On the Hine no Sho Cultural Landscape   59

HIGASHIHARA Naoaki

[Comment]

Cultural Landscapes Seen as Problems of Design   69

MIYAG1 Shyunsaku

Part II Reports

"Relations between Tangibles and Intangibles in Cultural Landscapes"

[Keynote Reports]

3 On the Cultural Landscapes Associated with Urban Industries and Mining Industries 76

INOUE Noriko

4 Local History Inherent in Objects: What Constitutes an "Environmental Noise Elements"?  81

MIYAMOTO Katsuhiro

5 Rice Terraces and Aenokoto: The Case of Shirayone no Senmaida in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture  106

KIKUCHI Akira

[Case Studies]

4 The Cultural Landscape of Uji: An Example of an Urban Cultural Landscape and Its Problems  119

SUGIMOTO Hiroshi

5 The Cultural Landscape of Hirado Island  136

UENO Kenji

Part III Discussion

"The Systems of Change in Cultural Landscapes"   151

Summary: The Dilemma of Protecting the Changing Cultural Landscapes  175

SHIMIZU Shigeatsu