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Just Enough is a book of stories and sketches, depictions of vanished ways of life told from the point of view of a contemporary observer. It tells how people lived in Japan some two hundred years ago during the late Edo period, when traditional technology and culture were at the peak of development, just before the country opened itself to the West and joined the ranks of the industrialized nations.
Only a few centuries earlier, the country had been on the brink of disaster, its environment pushed to the edge through overly aggressive use of natural resources. But the government and people overcame many of the identical problems that confront us today--issues of energy, water, materials, food, and populationand forged from these formidable challenges a society that was conservation-minded, waste-free, well-housed and well-fed, and economically robust, and that has bequeathed to us admirable and enduring standards of design and beauty.
Only a few centuries earlier, the country had been on the brink of disaster, its environment pushed to the edge through overly aggressive use of natural resources. But the government and people overcame many of the identical problems that confront us today--issues of energy, water, materials, food, and populationand forged from these formidable challenges a society that was conservation-minded, waste-free, well-housed and well-fed, and economically robust, and that has bequeathed to us admirable and enduring standards of design and beauty.
著者について
AZBY BROWN, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is the director of the KIT Future Design In-stitute in Tokyo. He studied architecture and sculpture at Yale College, graduating in 1980, and en-tered the Department of Architecture of the University of Tokyo in 1985 under a grant from the Ja-panese Ministry of Education. He received his master’s degree in 1988 and completed his PhD re-search in 1995. He is the author of The Genius of Japanese Carpentry (1995), Small Spaces (1996), The Japanese Dream House (2001), and The Very Small Home (2005), all published by Kodansha International. He became an associate professor of architectural design at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in 1995, and currently holds a position there in the Department of Media Informatics.
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おびただしい数の手描きイラスト（スケッチ）および文章からなるハードカバーの書籍です。
江戸時代の１００％リサイクル社会がどのようにすばらしいものだったかを
表現したアメリカ人のかたによる集大成（magnum opus)で、エッセイではなく
non-fictionスタイル（具体的になにがどのようにリサイクルされたか）
でかかれた、本。
１６４−１６５頁には見開きで、当時の陸上交通手段がなにとなにであったかが
描写されています。左頁には市中、右頁には長距離の場合となっていて、
籠（palanquin) から速達郵便の手段 "The most time-critical govenment information
is carried by fast military riders." (引用です）
とあります。全１９の手段が絵入りでしるされています。
実に、このような英文による記載に遭遇したのはまさに初めてです。
類書のない、まったくオリジナルなすぐれた本です。
難点をあえていえば、スケッチ下の手書き文字（handwriting)が
日本人でも、英語をある程度たしなんでいる人には難なくよみとれますが、
平均的中学生にはすこしむずかしいかもしれません。
また、日本の学校ではでてこないのだけれども、知っているといい、
コテとか材料をまぜる箱（hod), mussels(食用の貝類の総称）などが、
絵入りででてくるので、たいへん貴重な本です。
深川江戸資料館でボランティアガイドをしているので、
これを座右の書とします。当資料館にも来場されたもようです。
江戸時代の１００％リサイクル社会がどのようにすばらしいものだったかを
表現したアメリカ人のかたによる集大成（magnum opus)で、エッセイではなく
non-fictionスタイル（具体的になにがどのようにリサイクルされたか）
でかかれた、本。
１６４−１６５頁には見開きで、当時の陸上交通手段がなにとなにであったかが
描写されています。左頁には市中、右頁には長距離の場合となっていて、
籠（palanquin) から速達郵便の手段 "The most time-critical govenment information
is carried by fast military riders." (引用です）
とあります。全１９の手段が絵入りでしるされています。
実に、このような英文による記載に遭遇したのはまさに初めてです。
類書のない、まったくオリジナルなすぐれた本です。
難点をあえていえば、スケッチ下の手書き文字（handwriting)が
日本人でも、英語をある程度たしなんでいる人には難なくよみとれますが、
平均的中学生にはすこしむずかしいかもしれません。
また、日本の学校ではでてこないのだけれども、知っているといい、
コテとか材料をまぜる箱（hod), mussels(食用の貝類の総称）などが、
絵入りででてくるので、たいへん貴重な本です。
深川江戸資料館でボランティアガイドをしているので、
これを座右の書とします。当資料館にも来場されたもようです。
形式:ハードカバー
Simply excellent! Easy-to-read, cannot-put-down storytelling about how life was in the Edo. Definitely a good instruction as well towards sustainable lifestyle. True to its content, the book is printed with soy ink on paper which is manufactured of materials from legally and sustainably managed forests of Japan.
Not only for architects!
Not only for architects!
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Questions about Just Enough
2010/11/21
形式:ハードカバー
There are many books with recommendations for living a more sustainable lifestyle. This one is very attractive, with its drawings and descriptions of Edo houses and technology. Farming and land management was wise and the use of simple, natural materials was aesthetically pleasing as well (as you would expect in Japan).
Early on, however, I had some problems with the glorification of the Edo period even though in a material way it could be called superior to ours. The author says that it fulfills the Hanover Principles for sustainable design (Hanover Expo, 2000) but he says that human rights and "open communication among stakeholders" are among those principles. He also tells us that population control in the form of infanticide was part of the Edo program for sustainability, as well as the prohibition of marriage for younger sons. (Of course they didn't have modern birth control.) There was a strict caste system in the land of Edo, with the Samurai half of the population using most of the land for their private homes. Frugality and humility were said to be important and necessary cultural values, but greed and arrogance must have been widespread too (as in most cultures). Is sustainability possible without some very serious sacrifices of human rights? (And I don't mean the right to buy or do everything you want.)
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the Edo culture with others of that period, such those of rural Europe. I expect there were many similarities.
Early on, however, I had some problems with the glorification of the Edo period even though in a material way it could be called superior to ours. The author says that it fulfills the Hanover Principles for sustainable design (Hanover Expo, 2000) but he says that human rights and "open communication among stakeholders" are among those principles. He also tells us that population control in the form of infanticide was part of the Edo program for sustainability, as well as the prohibition of marriage for younger sons. (Of course they didn't have modern birth control.) There was a strict caste system in the land of Edo, with the Samurai half of the population using most of the land for their private homes. Frugality and humility were said to be important and necessary cultural values, but greed and arrogance must have been widespread too (as in most cultures). Is sustainability possible without some very serious sacrifices of human rights? (And I don't mean the right to buy or do everything you want.)
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the Edo culture with others of that period, such those of rural Europe. I expect there were many similarities.
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This book surveys systems of household management and living that achieve superior satisfaction
2010/3/19
形式:ハードカバー
JUST ENOUGH: LESSONS IN LIVING GREEN FROM TRADITIONAL JAPAN shares personal stories and observations from early Edo Japan to show how we can live happier, more sustainable lives. The early Japanese confronted the same issues our society now faces - and found ways to resolve these issues using 'just enough' from the world to lead meaningful lives. This book surveys systems of household management and living that achieve superior satisfaction.
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This reminds me of my childhood days only 50 years ago.
2010/8/30
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
I was brought up in Japan (born in China), and most of my playground was in my aunt's farm house.
Many beautiful pen sketches throughout the book brings back my childhood memory. The Old "Edo" period
began in 1600 and ended in 1868, but the type of things depicted in the book were seen until just 50 years
ago in Japan. So-called modernization , or Americanization, has wiped out eco-friendly, waste-nothing
culture completely. I hope people will realize that we can live happily without many modern amenities.
I bought 2 additional copies and gave to my Americal friends in my neighbourhood.
Many beautiful pen sketches throughout the book brings back my childhood memory. The Old "Edo" period
began in 1600 and ended in 1868, but the type of things depicted in the book were seen until just 50 years
ago in Japan. So-called modernization , or Americanization, has wiped out eco-friendly, waste-nothing
culture completely. I hope people will realize that we can live happily without many modern amenities.
I bought 2 additional copies and gave to my Americal friends in my neighbourhood.
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