Abstract

The aim of this paper is to clarify the aspect of the situation of farm houses in pre-war Japan, analyzing the photographs of Attic Museum as materials. This museum established by Keizo Shibusawa as Attic Museum Society in 1921 for the research of the folklore and cultural studies. This society came to be a department of Kanagawa University in 1982. The archives of this organization include a lot of photographs and movies from pre-war Japan. This paper studies the situations of rural farm houses analyzing those materials, especially focusing on life spaces such as kitchens and toilets.

Presenters

Fumiyo Suzaki
Assistant Professor, Architecture, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Japan

Seizo Uchida
Professor, Department of Architecture

Hidekazu Sensui
Professor, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Japan

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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

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KEYWORDS

Attic Museum, Life Culture in Pre-war Japan, Rural Farm House

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