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RestoringJapan，sCulturalHeritage MエAl亡ⅩEerriscelebntinghis且氏iethyearinJapan．Hearrivedin1964j11Stintimefor thefirstTbkyoOIymPics．HeattendedaninterrLationalschoolintbkohamafortwoyears and食：11inlovewithJapan．AfterstudYingatY山eandOxford，hestudiedantiquecollecting withDavidKiddandmanagedtheProgranfor肋ditionalA爪SatOmotoinKameoka， 呵OtO，蝕）m1977to1997．Inthe1980shebecameinterestedinthepreservationofJapan’s Culturalhefitageandwrotesevefalbooksonit．Mf．Kerri5Currentbroneoftheleading 丘guresinthe負eldofculturalpreservationinJapan． In the s11mmer Of1971，Mr．Kerr discovered the hiddenIyaV山1eyinTbkushima Pfe飴dlげe，Shikoh．DiscoveringthebeautYOftheoldthatdledhousesO50minka）thathe discoveredthereⅥⅦSaneXperiencethatdlangedhisli飴．In1973hepuDChaseda300rarr Oldho11SethathenamedChiiori（CottageoftheFlute），andoverti皿etherestorationof OldJapanesehousescametobeoneofhismainactivities．In2004MLKerrbegaJlreStOring OldKYOtOtOWnhouses（macb卸め．Therearenow150s11ChrestoredhousesinKYOtO，and manYJapaneSepeOPlee叫OYStayingatthesetraditionalhomes． WiththeincfeaSedpromotion oftourisJninJapan，thereis rising demandforthe restorationofJapan’scultufalheritage．Mr．KerriscurrentbTdifeCtingmanyfeStOration projects，includingIyaⅥ皿ey，Tbtstdm¢remotevillageinNaraPre氏cttばe），Ojika（an islandoffthecoastofNagasakiPreftcttde），andHi血叫maGLhistorictowninGifu Pfefヒch止℃）．HefinalbTreStOfedhisownbelovedhouse，Chiiori，tWOyeafSagO． Regardinghi＄interestinJapaneSeCulttⅡe，Mr．Kerrsaid，“Idevelopedagreatloveof theJapaneseperforningarts，SudlaSKabukiandJapanesedance（nLbonわ明／0）and attendedcountlessperformances．ButformetwoofthegreatjoysofJapaneSeCultureafe thearchitecttmandcalhgrq）hy．IhadbeenlearningJapaneSeCal1i卵phYaSad山d，SO WhenIfirstcametoJapanitwassudlathfilltodiscoverChinesedlaraCterSeVeryWhere． CalhgraphYbecameagreatPaSSionofminethatIhavekeptuptothisday．Ievensetupa mountingstudioinT旭血皿dandtrainedthemoumterSinJapaneSeteChniques． MLKerrcontinued，“MyothergreatjoyisJapanesearchitecture．Japanwasattheendof theSi址Roadandincorporateselements血）mmanYCOuntriesinitsarchitecture，induding thoseofSoutheastAsia，Chjna，andKorea．TheJapaneseassindatedtheseele皿entSand developedtheirowndistinctivearchitectumlstyle．InJapanthefeisagreatofloveof rawmaterialsintheirna旭alstate．Inarchitecture，yOuSeethisintheuseofphinwllite Papeちdayandba血boo，umPaintedwood，rOughJleWnStOne，andsoforth．IntheJapanese tJnditionalho血e，theraw血aterials2LreleftintactsothatoneencotlnterSpaPer；WOOd， andtatamithata∬eunadorned．Oneisalwayssti皿ulatedtothinkabo11tthematerials themselves，andthisalsoappliestothecorLtemPOraryWOfkofsudlarChitectsasThdao Ando，Whoaredeadysteepedinthistradition．An0ther血atureofJapanesearchitecture isthatthefOO皿Stendtobelarge吋empty，withlittleornofumitureplacedintheinterior SPaCeS．YoucouldcallJapaneseinteriorsacultureoftheemptYSPaCe．” “Developing舟om‘e血PtySpaCe；JapaneseafChitecturalaestheticsc托atedavariablespace” Orma，thetriumphofJapaneSeardlitecture．Thew山1saremadeofslidingdoorsthatcan beopenedorshuttocreateandre－CreatemarVelousfuuyopenspacesorclosedヵffspaces， dependingonthe occasion．Roomscanbemadehrgerorsmaller；Windowsslidenot O叫Ieftanddght，butupanddown．Ateachshiftofadoororwindow，Vistasappearor disappear．Ibelievethatoneofthereasons飴rthegreatsuccessofarchitectssudlaSThdao AndoandKumKengocomes蝕）mtheifinstinctiveunderstandingofma，anaPpfOadltO the11SeOfspacethatwasdevelopedbytheJapaneSeandthatdeep吋impactedtheirsense Ofbeau呼” Heconduded，Tapanisacountfy血1loftreasures血）mthepast，andtheifpreSerVationis essentialastheyarean∝【re皿ebr血1pOrtantPartOfourhu皿anheritage．” 45

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