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Vol.1
Life in Edo

Vol,2
Desigb Guide "MON"

Vol.3
Fudegraphy

Vol,4
Iroha Karta

Vol.5
Play in Edo

Vol.6
Japan though
the Keywords

Life in Edo
26 Views of LIFE in EDO

The Edo Period
(1603-1868)

A New century has
begun. Yet we are still
unable to see beyond
today's confusion
because our economic
and social system are
at breaking points.
Today's yardsticks and
values alone are no
longer adequate enough
to show us how we can
overcome this situation.
We have decided
to take ourselves back
four hundred years
in time to Edo Period
to see if we can find
values that can act as
clues on how we can
address today's issues.

Design Guide
"MON"

What inspired
the creators of Mon
in the Edo Period ?
Where did they find
their inspiration and
how did they transform their ideas
into the distinctive
Mon designs?

This is explained,
while providing a
historical background,
classified according to
"ideas."

The book also
introduces useful design-
developing techniques
for today's creators.

Fudegraphy

Fudegraphy is a new type of word art. That is to
write western-style
characters with eastern-style pen. With hand-written characters
at its core, this adds
a vigor (ikioi) and
a nature flow (nagare),
not seen before.
Presently there are
millions of Haiku lovers.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku) is
a series of haiku written
by Basho. I have used it
in my fudegraphy.
Today, for many
purposes, from writing
letters onwards,
the computer is used.
But like a pendulum
swinging, these days,
when people want to
distinguish their origi-
nality or independence,
using a brush is fresh
and stylish.
Fudegraphy has a large
potential for commercial
use-for restaurant menus, titles of posters and brochures, etc.

Iroha Karta

Iroha-Karuta is a play
appeared in Edo period
(1603-1868)
The game teaches
children the wisdom
for living and the
inconsistencies with
which we have nothing
to do with.
From Edo to Taisho
period (1912-1926),
there were published
more than 40 variations.
In the game,
there're some
controversial proverbs.
We know all of them are
true and often happen
in our life.
The contents seem to
have changed gradually
as the time goes by.
Some of them aren't
understandable now,
but there are totally
full of humor and
sometimes of playful
touch with irony
in Edo period,
that's "Iroha-Karuta" !

Play in Edo

Many plays in Edo Period remained in Japan
for a long time,
before Tokyo Olympics (1964) .
Although such plays
are likely to be placed
by computer games
nowadays.
The stress society
started as many of
these plays disappeared.

Recently, the people
engaged in the
psychotherapy
are paying attention to
"Play as the reparable
process of the mind".

Look at the children's
smiles here.
They are serious
but bottomless happy. I'm sure that your
stress will be healed
by seeing them.

Getting to know Japan- One step further
Japan though
the Keywords

Explanations are given in simple English
for easier understanding Japanese culture through the Keywords

Please Enjoy tradition patterns,

Part 1
Features of Japan
Sayagata
(character of Manji)
Kagome (knitting of bamboo basket)
Seikaiha
(wave on the fine day)
Asanoha
(leaves of hemp)

Part 2
Japanese Seasonal
Events and Festivals

We have focused on
twelve seasonal
festivities this day,
highlight the lives of
ordinary people.

Kan (chest handle)
Yabane (hawk feathers)
Mimasu (three wooden
measures)
Karakusa (arabesque)

while scrolling like
the ancient scroll.