白川村の「結い」と「屋根葺き替え」の変遷に関する研究

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In Shirakawa Village described the World Heritage site in 1995, the rethatching has been performed by reciprocal help called ‘Yui traditionally. Originally it functioned in the various collaboration of the village. From the latter half of 1950s. ‘Yui as rethatching began to decline, and from the former half of 1980s. the new position of ‘Yui that is the object to preserve appeared in Shirakawa Village studies. Through that, the diagram called ‘Yui = ‘rethatching was born. And it changed into a viewpoint that ‘Yui itself was important by described the World Heritage site in 1995. In addition, by newspaper articles and the media, ‘Yui was taken up as a symbol of Shirakawa-go, the World Heritage site after describability. ‘Yui meant not only rethatching, but also reciprocal help in the various collaboration of the village. A thing brought up by the cooperation of people and succeeded to at the present is a landscape of ‘living heritage Shirakawa Village. We do not have to mind the present meaning of ‘Yui, and it is necessary to pay more attention to preservation all the things which formed the World Heritage site, Shirakawa-go.