【Okinawa “Aka-gawara” Red Roof Tiles】OKINAWA STRUCTURE Vol.3 - The identity of Okinawan architecture
1. Prologue
0:00-2:30 Reveal the secrets of Okinawa’s “red” roof from multiple perspectives
2. The material
2:30-4:30 How the material “kucha” was made
3. The makers and history
4:30-6:00 The makers of Okinawa red roof tiles in Yonabaru
6:00-6:50 History of Okinawa red roof tiles and the restoration of Shuri Castle
4. A case study on Okinawa red roof tiles are used
6:50-9:20 Case 1 Hotels and Resorts: Hoshinoya Taketomi Island
9:20-13:20 Case 2 Cultural heritage: The Nakamura House
13:20-14:40 In modern context - “mixed structure” house
14:40-17:30 Case 3 Public institutions and school: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
5. Epilogue
17:30-20:15 Thoughts on the future - the perspectives
●About this movie
This movie was made by the Okinawa General Bureau, Economy, Trade and Industry Department, as part of the Regional Collective Trademark case study project.
“Regional Collective Trademark” is a trademark which consists of the respective region’s name along with the respective name of the regional goods or services. In addition to the technique and creativity of the maker, we can find the source of brand value in contents surrounding the trademark, such as the organic connection of history, culture, industry, natural environment and so on.
In this movie, we aim to clarity the value of “Okinawa Aka-gawara Red Roof Tile” (Trademark Reg. No. 5205201) as a regional brand, which is one of the regional collective trademarks, by reviewing and organizing the various perspectives of the makers, users and researchers.
●About Okinawa “Aka-gawara” Red Roof Tiles
Okinawa “aka-gawara” is a traditional roof tile made and used in Okinawa since the seventeenth century. This red unglazed roof tile is made of a raw material called “kucha”- a mudstone which is unique to Okinawa, and these roof tiles have became the identity of Okinawa’s traditional landscape.
During the Ryukyu Kingdom era, Okinawa “aka-gawara” red roof tiles were only allowed to be used for royal establishments, but in 1889 after the kingdom fell and became Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, the use of Okinawa red roof tiles were opened for the public. Nowadays, they are used widely for cultural heritages, public institutions and schools, hotels and resorts, business establishments and regular housing.
The makers of continuously challenging to preserve and pass down the traditional material and technique, while innovating new techniques and shapes to suit the modern needs, in order to protect the landscape and identity of Okinawa.
●About “OKINAWA STRUCTURE”
Feeling the Spirituality and History
of the People of Okinawa on the Ground
Okinawa is an island full of long-lasting traditional crafts and local industries.
The spirituality and culture of the people is condensed in their skills and lives.
This project aims to show the manufacturing process and usage,
to let people know the reality of the makers of such crafts and industries,
and to ensure the authentic value of their work and fostering trust for their skills.
●Notices on copyright
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● special thanks to
Okinawa Prefectural Red Roof Tile Business Cooperative
Hachiman Kawara Factory Ltd.
Shimabukuro Kawara Factory Ltd.
Toyama Kawara Factory Ltd.
Osato Kawara Factory
Nakou Flower Pot Factory
Hoshino Resort Co., Ltd.
Authorized Community Cooperation Taketomi Public Hall
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum
Shurijo Castle Park (Okinawa Commemorative National Government Park Shurijo Area)
Naha Municipal Tsuboya Pottery Museum
The Nakamura House
Kansai University Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Department of Architecture
Azuma Architectural Design
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Kuniken Ltd.
Okinawa Industrial Technology Center
Okinawa's traditional performing art: Eisa Awase by Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Fukui
On October 7th (Sat), 2017, the Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Fukui performed Eisa at Echizen Autumn Pottery Festival at Echizen Pottery Village in Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture. Here is one called Awase”.
The song Awase was written by Tatsuya Shimabukuro, who was a member of an Eisa team Awase Third Youth Group in Okinawa City. Shimabukuro, born in Awase District in 1981 and grew up there. He started playing sanshin in his own way and later he trained under Tsuneyasu Naka. He has released a debut CD,
and his wild vocal and sanshin techniques stand out.
Eisa is one of Okinawa's traditional performing arts, which corresponds to bon dance in Japan's mainland. Youth groups in each district have each style. They parade while dancing during the Bon festival. Although there are various theories on the origin of the Eisa, it is said that a high priest in Buddhism introduced a dance with a prayer to Buddha around 1600, and it developed into the Eisa.
Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko is a drumming group, whose performance is based on Okinawa's traditional performing art Eisa, featuring its own choreography adopted an original style of karate, and the dynamic drumstick-work. Now they are representative of Okinawa and are very popular with young people. The group was established by young people of Okinawa City in 1982 and since then, it has beaten out appreciation for predecessors that has been valued in Okinawa.
Last year marked the 35th year since it was established, their branches expanded to other countries. Now it has 49 branches in Japan, 27 branches in other six countries and the number of members exceeded 2,500. (as of August 2018) Their activities expand on a world scale.
Visit our website: genjapan.com/en
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Japanese name
Japanese names (日本人の氏名, nihonjin no shimei) in modern times usually consist of a family name (surname), followed by a given name. Middle names are not generally used. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters usually Chinese in origin but Japanese in pronunciation. The kanji for a name may have a variety of possible Japanese pronunciations, but parents might use hiragana or katakana when giving a birth name to their newborn child. Names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic renderings, and so lack the visual meaning of names expressed in the logographic kanji.
Japanese family names are extremely varied: according to estimates, there are over 100,000 different surnames in use today in Japan. The three most common family names in Japan are Satō (佐藤), Suzuki (鈴木) and Takahashi (高橋). This diversity is in stark contrast to the situation in other nations of the East Asian cultural sphere, there being very few Chinese surnames (a few hundred common, 20 comprise half the population), and similarly Korean names (250 names, of which three comprise almost half the population) and Vietnamese names (about 100 family names, of which three comprise 60% of the population). This difference reflects a different history: while Chinese surnames have been in use for millennia and were often reflective of an entire clan or adopted from nobles (with or without any genetic relationship) – and were thence transferred to Korea and Vietnam via noble names, modern Japanese family names date only to the 19th century, following the Meiji restoration, and were chosen at will. The recent introduction of surnames has two additional effects: Japanese names became widespread when the country had a very large population (over 30,000,000 during the early Meiji era – see Demographics of Imperial Japan) instead of dating to ancient times (population estimated at 300,000 in 1 CE, for instance – see Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration), and since little time has passed, Japanese names have not experienced as significant surname extinction as has occurred in the much longer history in China.
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