ブックタイトル「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

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「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

60　For actual production, people to manage theoperation are necessary. At Tomioka Silk Mill,there are the plant engineering room and aspace with desks formerly used by the femaleinstructors between the reeling plant and rereelingbuilding. Photo 3 is a present viewof the plant engineering room. Most of thefittings have been removed and there is merelya blackboard which helps us understand theoriginal function of the room. The impressionof Tomioka Silk mill is that things have beenstopped at the time when the factory ceasedoperation in 1987. Since then, the premiseshave been maintained by Katakura Industries.The machinery was left intact, but the furnitureseems to have been removed to be usedelsewhere. There may be some that were putaway after the property was transferred to themunicipality of Tomioka City. To understandthe entirety of the work that took place here,exhibiting reproductions may be effective inconveying the significance of this industrialheritage site.　Even with machinery and workers present,manufacturing would not be possible. Factorygirls at the re-reeling machine room didnot stand in front of these machines emptyhanded. They placed a working table close byas seen in Photo 4. Many machines requiredadditional apparatus for operation. One reasonfor which Tomioka Silk Mill is known tobe well-preserved is that large quantities ofsuch equipment remain, although not in thestate of operation. They have been put awayafter finishing work on the factory’s last dayor had been organized in the following years.Technology can only be represented by bringingthese apparatus as well as tools and thread backto their original places as in the olden days. Thesignificance as industrial heritage cannot bepreserved unless these remaining artifacts arebacked by reliable evidence of their functions,through interviews on how the people workedand what were on these workbenches. Theplacement of desks at the plant engineeringroom or what the roles of the people who satat these desks were need to be heard fromformer factory owners and workers, before thehistory is forever lost. Industrial technologycannot be represented merely by superficiallyplacing period furniture in these rooms. Failingto interview those who have experienced thefactory in operation, while it is still possible, isthe same as failing to protect or even damagingthese heritage properties.　On the other hand, development is essentialPhoto3 Plant engineering room / Tomioka Silk Mill Photo 4　 Workbench for the re-reeling machine / TomiokaSilk Mill