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The Increasing Complexity of the Eyes Watching over World Heritage: Operational Guidelines, Preliminary Assessments, and Impact Assessments
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Topics of the Eighteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Issues Raised in Discussions
Full text linkThe eighteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Kasane, Botswana, from 5 to 8 December 2023.
At this session, all nominations were either inscribed, selected, or approved, following evaluation by the Evaluation Body. The Evaluation Body’s positive recommendation to the Committee on all nomination files was largely based on the perspective that it would not be helpful to refer back the files to the States Parties concerned based on the present criteria since the contents of the criteria and the application format will be changed in the next cycle and the criterion that was evaluated was R.2, which has been found to have issues in many files until now. Nevertheless, the facts that sufficient information was obtained through the dialogue process and that almost no issues were found in terms of inventorying and the frequency of inventory updates suggest that the understanding of the States Parties to the Convention and their preparation of files have deepened.
Midwifery was one of the elements that was inscribed, nominated in a multinational file as constituting modern medical treatments and traditional care. Apart from the question of whether advanced medical treatment is an intangible cultural heritage, the combining of practices that were originally diverse in nature into a single file seemed to compromise their diversity, and the scientific basis for the nomination was not sufficiently presented, leaving issues to be addressed in terms of respect for human rights. At the same time, the approach that was made from a different discipline represented the global impact of the 2003 Convention. It can be said that the file was interesting in terms of the issues it raised, such as “multinational nomination,” “differences in circumstances among the States Parties concerned,” “protection of human rights in practice,” and “definition of intangible cultural heritage.”
In this context, there are still some unexploited means by which Japan can disseminate information on the protection of intangible cultural heritage, such as selecting good practices, accrediting NGOs, and holding side events concurrently with the sessions. The seemingly uncontrolled broadening of the concept of intangible cultural heritage is inevitable, as no one would suffer any disadvantages from it. It is also unrealistic to impose Japan's concept of intangible cultural heritage at a time when twenty years have already passed since the establishment of the Convention. Nevertheless, it is the role of Japanese experts to contribute to the transmission of worldwide practices that might disappear if no action is taken, by sharing their experience on how to recognize, safeguard, and transmit intangible cultural heritage to future generations.departmental bulletin pape
Investigation Report on the Traditional Wind Instruments, Bamboo and Lacquer Art in Korea
Full text linkThis report presents an overview of the survey on traditional Korean musical instruments conducted from September 3 to September 9, 2023, with a focus on bamboo and lacquer art.
We also report the distribution and availability of bamboo, which is the raw material used in the production of traditional Korean wind instruments, their requirements (suitability) for instrument production, and production techniques. And we examine the distribution and availability of lacquer and tools in addition to the lacquer techniques in Korea, in light of a comparison with the production of traditional Japanese wind instruments, in which lacquer is applied over the inside of the windpipe and then scraped off for subtle tuning.departmental bulletin pape
ブータンの伝統的石造民家保存のための建築調査 2023 年春調査概報
Full text link本書は、2023 年4 月26 日から5 月5 日にかけて東京文化財研究所文化遺産国際協力センターとブータン内務省文化国語振興局遺跡考古課（Heritage Sites and Archaeology Division, Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development, Ministry of Home Affairs）が共同で実施したブータンの伝統的石造民家保存の向けた建築的・文化的価値の評価に関する調査について、暫定的な成果として日本側の見解をまとめたものである。boo
Traditional Sugar Manufacturing Technique in the Satsunan Islands
Full text linkThis paper provides a report on the traditional brown sugar manufacturing technique in the Satsunan Islands, based on field research.
In Japan, a traditional technique is used to manufacture brown sugar in the Nansei Islands and wasanbon sugar and shiroshita sugar in Shikoku. As a researcher for the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the author has been investigating traditional brown sugar manufacturing techniques in Tanegashima, Amami-Oshima, Kakeroma Island, Kikaijima, and Tokunoshima Islands since FY2016.
In these regions, the traditional technique, which is primarily manual, is still being handed down alongside modern mechanical sugar production techniques. In the past, sugar production was carried out in community units called "yui" and involved pressing out the juice from the sugarcane
and boiling it down in a series of two to three kettles.
Through research, it was found that traditional brown sugar production in these regions was highly similar to each other in terms of techniques, equipment, and organization. This is thought to be the result of various financial and technological interventions made by the state since the early
modern period to promote the production of sugar, which was an important product.
Sugar has great significance within the history and industry of the Satsunan Islands, and its traditional sugar manufacturing technique constitutes an essential cultural asset that embodies the process of transition to modern industrial sugar production.departmental bulletin pape
A Study on the Record “Toribeyama” Produced by Kokyoku Hozonkai: Performance by MIYAZONO Senharu in 1920
Full text linkMIYAZONO Senharu (1861-1924) was a shamisen performer who played a significant role in the transmission of Miyazono-bushi. The record “Toribeyama” produced by Kokyoku Hozonkai (Japanese Classic Music Preservation Society) in 1920 is valuable as it is the sole recording of her
performance.
Senharu is also known for having taught Miyazono-bushi to the novelist NAGAI Kafu (1879-1959). In the essay-style novel Ame Shosho, which was published in 1921 and in which Kafu himself appears, there is a scene where a shamisen player, modeled after Senharu, plays “Toribeyama”. This was precisely the song that Kafu had been learning from Senharu. The recording of Senharu’s “Toribeyama” performance by Kokyoku Hozonkai is also invaluable as research material on NAGAI Kafu.departmental bulletin pape
Proceedings of “Reunion, Rehabilitation, and Revitalization” International Online Workshop for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Living Heritage in Sudan
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旧機那サフラン酒製造本舗土蔵 鏝絵の保存修復に関する研究
Full text link独立行政法人国立文化財機構 東京文化財研究所 文化遺産国際協力センター技術支援研究室 令和5 (2023) 年度 スタッコ装飾及び塑像に関する研究成果報告書boo