Vol.6
Forest of Thought
Masahiro Yasuoka on the Village Worthy as Thief of Virtue｜How the Model Citizen Who Never Makes Waves Corrodes Society
Masahiro Yasuoka named "the pursuit of getting by in the world" and cunning slyness, among others, as diseases of the present, and closed with "the village worthy is the thief of virtue." The model citizen who does nothing wrong, never makes waves, is liked by society, and lives a smooth life corrodes the whole without ever being guarded against.
Kunitsukami Project
The Origins of the Yayoi People in the Xinglongwa Culture of the Xiliao River｜The Liao Civilization and the Sannai-Maruyama Site
The "original place" that formed the genetic base of the Yayoi people is thought to be the Xinglongwa culture, which appeared in the Xiliao River basin around 6200 BC. The Sannai-Maruyama site in Aomori closely resembles the prosperous to final phases of the Liao civilization. The largest settlement of the Jomon period vanishes suddenly at a certain point.
KINEMA 2400
Haruko Sugimura, the Greatest Actor in Japanese Film History｜The Acting Found by Yasujiro Ozu's Gumi
Japanese film once had the custom of the "gumi," in which particular staff stayed with a particular director. Yasujiro Ozu thought actors who wanted to act were in the way, and the one he trusted without reserve was the great Shingeki actress Haruko Sugimura. Her acting is the very person living in the town.