Vol.8
Forest of Thought
Iwatesan Shrine and the Four Guardians of Edo｜Tokyo's Depression as an Environmental Problem of a City Where Ki Stagnates
Following the Chinese geomancy principle of the Four Guardians, Ieyasu reflected the spiral image of circulating ki in the city of Edo. That circulation of ki in Edo has been broken, and the sea breeze is blocked by high-rise apartments along the coast. The depression appearing simultaneously among Tokyoites needs to be reexamined as an environmental problem of the city itself.
Kunitsukami Project
The Gods Dwell Not in Words but in the Primal Experience of Awe｜Norinaga Motoori and the Open Sea off Sanriku
A god moves further away the more it is explained. It is not something to think through with the head but rests on primal experience. Norinaga Motoori argued that "kami" means everything extraordinarily superior in virtue and awesome. The god dwells in the primal experience of awe that a friend felt in the open sea off Sanriku.
KINEMA 2400
Why the Silver Screen Was Silver｜Screens Coated with Silver and Aluminum, Utsushi-e, and the Benshi
Projected onto plain white cloth, light scatters and the image blurs. So screens mixed with aluminum or silver came into use, were called the silver screen in English, and the translation "ginmaku" took hold. In Japan, a remnant of utsushi-e, the narration of the benshi became one with the silver screen.