Research Reports No.7

Report of the 3rd Research Meeting on Cultural Landscapes Sustainability of Cultural Landscapes: Management and Utilization for Inheriting a Living Relationship

Research Reports of Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Vol. 7

CONTENTS

Purpose of the Meeting

Program

Keynote Lecture

Rediscovering Common People's Cultural Heritage and Triggering the Formation of Landscapes   SHINOHARA Osamu 5

I Preservation Plans and Treatment Techniques

Actual Treatment of Cultural Landscape for Conservation: The Case of the Important Cultural Landscape "Rural Landscape of Ichinoseki Hondera"   HIROTA Jun'ichi  17

Cultural Landscapes and Ecological Design: The Case of Repair Work on Tsujun Irrigation Canal with Eco-Friendly Construction Technology    NISHIYAMA Yasushi, MATSUKUMA Shugo, FUKUDOME Shubun 31

Cultural Landscapes Viewed from Landscape Design   SHINOZAWA Kenta  42

Urban Architecture in Cultural Landscapes   SHIMIZU Shigeatsu  48

Discussion of the First Day  59

II Concepts Supporting Cultural Landscapes

Spatial Manners of Cultural Landscapes: Plans Conveying an Understanding of a Space and the Meaning of Its Order   KOURA Hisako  69

Can the System of Cultural Landscapes Save the Tea Industry?   YAMAMOTO Koichiro  76

Local Expectations for the Role of Cultural Landscapes: The Case of Obasute Rice Terraces    YAJIMA Hiroo   84

Understanding Cultural Landscapes as Urban Folklore: Focusing on the Cases of Kanazawa, Hitoyoshi and Tono   KOBAYASHI Tadao 90

Treatment of Cultural Landscapes   INOUE Noriko   112

III Discussion    121

Summary   EDANI Hiroko  143