In order to develop this project to revitalize the former Akiyamago Tsunan Town Elementary School Oakasawa Branch building as a new type of museum in Akiyamago from 2022, we have continued our research on Akiyamago’s folk customs, beliefs, history, and technology. This time, we will exhibit plans of the progress of the project. Akiyamago has many elements, but we focused on the two main elements of “technology” and “faith” and considered the philosophy of “unexplored region” that can be read from the life in Akiyamago. Akiyamago has been focused on as an “unexplored region” since the modern era, but the folk customs and beliefs of Akiyamago are widely gradated with no boundaries with those of Hokushin, Tsunan, and Tokamachi, and life in Akiyamago has long been associated with the admission area where it is difficult to define the boundaries. We hope to create a new place to share with people from all walks of life. *We are also collecting folk tools and other materials from Akiyamago in the exhibition hall. Please feel free to bring them in.
Photo Yanagi Ayumi
Photo Yanagi Ayumi
Photo Yanagi Ayumi
Fukasawa Takafumi
Born in 1984 in Yamanashi Prefecture. He has been working with Ichirota Suzuki on the “Takeshi Culture Center” at the NPO Creative Support Let’s since 2008. Recent major activities include 《The Myth Continues》 (2017, Okunoto International Art Festival), in which a shrine was built in a town with many legends of drifting gods, enshrining drifting waste as modern-day drifting gods, and 《History of Myth Continues》 (2017, Okunoto International Art Festival), in which he aims to gain citizen sovereignty and culture by reconnecting buried local history with the present. His works include “Hitachi-Satake City” (2016, Ibaraki Prefecture North Art Festival) and “Toku-no-Bank” (2011-, Toride Art Project, etc.), in which “Tokui-no-Koto” (not money, but “Tokui-no-Koto”) is deposited and managed.
Tsunan Twon Elementary School Oakasawa Branch
Tsunan Twon Elementary School Oakasawa Branch was established in 1924. Located at the entrance to the village, the school has watched over the children. The school was closed in 2021 and will be closed for the first time in 2022.
Tsunan Twon Elementary School Oakasawa Branch, viewable works
Summary
| Date and time |
7/29 (Sat.) - 11/5 (Sun.) Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 10:00-17:00 (until 16:00 in October and November) |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Former Tsunan Elementary School Oakasawa Branch |
| Admission | Admission: ¥500 for adults, ¥250 for elementary and junior high school students Admission is also possible with a common ticket. |
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