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

61to industrial technology. As the industry cannotsurvive competition without development,research becomes essential. At one time atTomioka Silk Mill, a research institute wasestablished. However, the actual location is notclear and under the management of KatakuraIndustries in the Showa era, the researchinstitute in former Omiya City (present OmiyaWard, Saitama City ) was where studies forall of Katakura’s mills throughout the countrywere centered. After Tomioka Silk Mill closed,scales and testing mills from Katakura’s Omiyaresearch institute have been brought in to thesite. The actual reason for this may have beenthat they were short on space at Omiya, butthere may have been intensions on the part ofthose involved, who recognized the importanceof the research and testing system and had thenconsidered to save the facilities in the sameway as with the structures of Tomioka SilkMill itself. If the steps involved in research andtesting are to be regarded as operations of thesilk mill, it is necessary to study to what extenteach of the industrial technology was actuallyemployed at the factory. This would requirefocusing on related establishments outside theTomioka factory grounds as well.4. Transitions in History of the FactoryIn the previous section, issues regardingunderstanding of the last technological systemfor production were dealt with. Heritageproperties generally reflect such final stages inthe development of technological systems, andit is generally easy to understand. However,in the case of Tomioka Silk Mill, it may notbe appropriate to describe this process aseasy, because decades have passed since itsclosing. To have people with experiences atthe factory interviewed, particularly to havethem come to the actual site for this purposeis urgent. Grasping these last phases ofthese technological systems will provide thefoundations for understanding the transitionsof the factory’s technological systems.　There may be heritage properties where theestablishment goes out of business before anychanges in technological systems occur and thus,there would only be one technological systemthat is passed on. Many of the historic resourcesthat are well-preserved have gone throughseveral generations of technological systems ortransitions of the entire industry. Under suchcircumstances, the original technological systemfrom the time of establishment has a significantmeaning. It is because this provided the basisfor planning of individual structures as wellas the entire premises. As with Tomioka SilkMill, where its founding and the introductionof the original technological system had a greatinfluence on the history of Japan, they are oftenconsidered to be highly significant as propertiesof industrial heritage or as historic sites.　To assist the understanding of heritageproperties, it would be ideal to be able topresent the original technological systems andtherefore, in preservation and restoration, it isessential for these aspects to be considered fully.The only way to realize this would be to clarifythe role of each of the structures and rooms,in all technological systems from the earlyyears up to the final phase, and understand theconditions of every transition from the verybeginning to the present. At last, after havinggone through this process, restoration that mayrequire changes to the present state becomespossible and we would now be able to explainwhat needs to be preserved.　Variations in what is to be preserved and