49 research outputs found
Investigating tourism promotion effects and issues of YouTube livestreaming of Iwami Kagura
No full text論文This study sought to investigate whether livestreaming of a local performing art could positively promote inbound tourism. Taking advantage of the features of new media and based on the theory that promotion of local performing arts must include measures to educate consumers, the author experimented with three Iwami kagura livestreaming shows whose programs contained educational contents and components to maximize the audience experiences. Using the data from surveys of 49 respondents, the author found that the YouTube livestreaming shows increased the number of potential tourists and positively influenced the viewers’ willingness to watch Iwami kagura. Discussing the benefits and issues of livestreaming, the author suggested that inbound tourism promotors could consider livestreams as an option of inbound tourism promotion during the COVID−19 pandemic.departmental bulletin pape
The Relationship Between Presentation of Information on Digital Signage and Theater Experiences : Its Effects on the Understanding of Stories and the Willingness to Watch Iwami Kagura
No full text論文Digital presentation tools have been used in traditional performing arts theaters in Japan to improve the experience of audience. However, the effectiveness of such presentation tools on the audience’s theater experiences has not yet been empirically studied. This study seeks to clarify the effect of subtitles on the understanding of stories and the willingness to watch a traditional performing art called “Iwami kagura,” a Shinto music and dance performance practiced in western Shimane prefecture in Japan. Using the data from 221 respondents, the author found that showing songs and lines on a display did not significantly improve the understanding of stories or the willingness to watch more shows. In case of respondents who were not familiar with Iwami kagura, however, it effectively improved their understanding of stories and increased their willingness to watch more shows. These results were explained since the respondents probably did not fully understand the songs and lines on the display due to the fact that they were shown in classic Japanese language and English, which most of the respondents could not read well. The author concluded that a further study is necessary to determine the effect of presenting information via digital signage on the theater experiences
Some Prey Items of Three Species of Hawks (Goshawk Accipiter gentilis, Sparrowhawks A, nisus and Buzzard Buteo buteo) in Tokachi District, Eastern Hokkaido
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日本の伝統文化と現代アートの融合：島根県岩見「龍泉山西性寺」襖絵を通して
No full textapplication/pdfThis paper introduces the production process in which the author has been engaged on the theme of “Fusion of Japanese Traditional Culture and its Modern Art.” New paintings of “Ryu-zu” or “Two Dragons” on “fusuma” or traditional Japanese sliding doors were produced and exhibited in July 2017 for the main hall of Ryusenzan Saisho-ji Temple in the center of Iwami Ginzan (Iwami Silver Mine) in Shimane Prefecture. This paper aims at the creation of “Japanese Modern”, a new beauty of Japan, through this production
石見神楽のYouTubeライブ配信がもたらす観光振興効果と課題の検討
No full text論文This study sought to investigate whether livestreaming of a local performing art could positively promote inbound tourism. Taking advantage of the features of new media and based on the theory that promotion of local performing arts must include measures to educate consumers, the author experimented with three Iwami kagura livestreaming shows whose programs contained educational contents and components to maximize the audience experiences. Using the data from surveys of 49 respondents, the author found that the YouTube livestreaming shows increased the number of potential tourists and positively influenced the viewers’ willingness to watch Iwami kagura. Discussing the benefits and issues of livestreaming, the author suggested that inbound tourism promotors could consider livestreams as an option of inbound tourism promotion during the COVID−19 pandemic
日本遺産を題材としたインバウンド動画のあり方 : 「ストーリー」のある動画は石見神楽鑑賞意欲を向上させるか
No full text論文By recognizing stories related to sightseeing spots as “Japan Heritage,” the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan aims to revitalize local communities which experience economic recession due to the aging population. This project assumes that stories have the power to stimulate inbound tourism. This study tested whether a video with a story effectively promotes inbound tourism. The definition of a story meant by the Agency was discussed and videos of Iwami kagura were created to test the assumption. Using the data from the focus groups of 130 non-Japanese participants, the author found the story-based videos effectively increased the viewers’ willingness to watch Iwami kagura. The author concluded that inbound tourism videos with detailed explanations of the historical background of sightseeing spots could stimulate motivation for visiting foreign destinations
Distinctive features of the skull of the Ryukyu Scops Owl from Minami-daito Island, revealed by computed tomography scanning
No full textMorphological differentiation of island-dwelling organisms provides model systems for studying evolution. Computed tomography (CT) scanning is an entirely non-destructive technique that provides detailed three-dimensional (3D) images of physical structures. Geometric morphometrics has been increasingly used in avian morphology studies by analyzing 3D data obtained from CT scans. We used geometric morphometrics to evaluate the morphological details of the skulls of three, genetically distinct, island populations of the Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans: O. e. elegans from the northern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, O. e. elegans from the southern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, and O. e. interpositus from Minami-daito Island. Skulls were scanned using an X-ray CT system and the digitized 3D coordinates of 16 landmarks for each skull were analyzed in order to describe geometric morphometric features. O. e. interpositus was found to have a significantly smaller skull than either population of O. e. elegans. From principle component analysis of shape variation, we also found that the skull shape of O. e. interpositus differed significantly from both the northern and southern groups of O. e. elegans. This difference was in terms of PC1, which mainly represented relative anteroposterior length, and angle of the orbit. We inferred that the small skull of O. e. interpositus is partly a consequence of the particular founders of the population, or evolutionary selection that has taken place on Minami-daito Island and that the distinctive shape of the skull of O. e. interpositus is partly a consequence of adaptations for foraging efficiency, or of morphological integration
Dodecagonal quasicrystal in Mn-based quaternary alloys containing Cr, Ni and Si
No full textA dodecagonal quasicrystal showing 12-fold symmetry forms in Mn-rich quaternary alloys containing 5.5 or 7.5at.% Cr, 5.0at.% Ni and 17.5at.% Si. After annealing at 700 degrees C for 130h, the quasicrystal precipitated in a matrix of beta-Mn-type crystalline phase. The shape of the quasicrystal is needle-like having a length of several tens of micrometres. Electron diffraction as well as powder X-ray diffraction experiments has revealed the following characteristics of the quasicrystal: diffraction symmetry 12/mmm, the presence of systematic extinction for h(1)h(2)h(2)h(1)h(5)-type reflections with odd h(5) index, and then five-dimensional space group P12(6)/mmc. Indexing of the reflections indicated that the dimension of the common edge in the equilateral triangle-square tiling is 4.560 angstrom, and the periodicity is 4.626 angstrom along the 12-fold axis. This is the first example of the dodecagonal quasicrystal synthesized by ordinary metallurgical method in 3-d transition-metal alloys
大内義興の死と備芸石の動乱 : 享禄二年の安芸松尾城の高橋氏攻めと毛利元就
No full textDuring the early half of the 16th century, the northern regions of Bingo and Aki and the eastern region of Iwami were 境目 (sakaime) or border areas where AMAGO in Izumo and OHUCHI in Yamaguchi were conflicting.
After OHUCHI Yoshioki died in December of the 1st year of Kyoroku (1528 A.D.), AMAGO Tsunehisa began to attack OHUCHI's 国衆 (kunishu) or land lords. First he beat the TAGANOYAMA family in the northern part of Bingo, and submitted them. Then AMAGO took the TAKAHASHI family on his side who had controlled large areas in Aki and Iwami, and who was the leader of the union of three provinces which were on OHUCHI's side. And TAKAHASHI also had marital relations with MOHRI and possessed an adjacent area near MOHRI's domain. In April of the 2nd year of Kyoroku (1529A.D.) TAKAHASHI who became to join AMAGO's side tried to confuse MOHRI's vassals and to divide them into two. It finally caused turbulences in the MOURI family.
In May, on the other hand, OHUCHI Yoshitaka (Yoshioki's heir) gave an order to his land lords that, as he would give MOHRI Motonari the position of the union leader which Takahashi had kept, all the land lords should cooperate with MOHRI in military actions. Then the ally of OHUCHI, MOHRI, SHISHIDO and WACHI warriors attacked the TAKAHASHI family at Matsuo Castle in Aki Province and TAKAHASHI was destroyed.
Recently a new report says that the attack was in May of the 3rd year of Kyoroku Era (1530 A.D.), but not of the 2nd year. The author wanted to make it clear. So, in this paper, some dozen old manuscripts in the 2nd and 3rd year of Kyoroku Era chosen out of the author's collections were studied more precisely and more concretely. After the respective affairs were placed according to the correct order of time, a whole image of those days could be pictured better. As a result it was proved that the date was May of the 2nd year.
The author also could clarify the contents of SUE Okifusa's (OHUCHI's chief vassal) letter dated May 28th of the 3rd year of Kyoroku Era, a part of which was taken to be the only basis of the new report. Actually that part meant SUE Okifusa's anxieties that TAKAHASHI's previous vassals and village warriors might raise a riot. But the main purpose in his long letter was not in that part, but in its last line where he ordered MOHRI to dispatch his warriors to Iwami in order to help his master OHUCHI because his castle in the eastern part of Iwami had been attacked. Therefore the results were as follows: ① the new report was concluded according to only a part of Sue Okifusa's letter, ② the reporter had not read through SUE's long letter, either, and in addition, ③ there were some unnatural steps toward his conclusion with not a few doubts on its evidences and arguments.
Generally speaking, the death of OHUCHI Yoshioki caused the attack to Matsuo Castle and the ruin of the TAKAHASHI clan. The most important historical phase was that, after the battles, MOHRI Motonari obtained the top position of the union of land lords in Bingo, Aki and Iwami on OHUCHI's side. And thereafter his leadership made the MOHRI clan gradually enlarge the areas under his control and finally destroy SUE and OHUCHI
