L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales

The first modern measures to preserve Japan’s cultural properties were taken in 1871, while the first preservation law, on which current measures are based, was passed in 1950. However, the strong economic growth and decentralisation that have characterised postwar Japan, as well as the desire to me...

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Main Author: Takashi Inada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaise 2015-09-01
Series:Ebisu: Études Japonaises
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/1576
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description The first modern measures to preserve Japan’s cultural properties were taken in 1871, while the first preservation law, on which current measures are based, was passed in 1950. However, the strong economic growth and decentralisation that have characterised postwar Japan, as well as the desire to meet UNESCO World Heritage criteria, have led to substantial changes in heritage preservation. The promotion of cultural properties increasingly linked to the lives of local populations, in addition to the establishment of a notification system, has seen a move towards more flexible methods of protection. Nevertheless, the so-called “buried cultural properties” remain the exception that still has no clearly defined place in the law.
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spelling doaj.art-30c661b4e63b453a8c9247f537abb5b52022-12-22T03:57:07ZengInstitut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaiseEbisu: Études Japonaises2189-18932015-09-0152214610.4000/ebisu.1576L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionalesTakashi InadaThe first modern measures to preserve Japan’s cultural properties were taken in 1871, while the first preservation law, on which current measures are based, was passed in 1950. However, the strong economic growth and decentralisation that have characterised postwar Japan, as well as the desire to meet UNESCO World Heritage criteria, have led to substantial changes in heritage preservation. The promotion of cultural properties increasingly linked to the lives of local populations, in addition to the establishment of a notification system, has seen a move towards more flexible methods of protection. Nevertheless, the so-called “buried cultural properties” remain the exception that still has no clearly defined place in the law.http://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/1576Law for the Preservation of Cultural PropertiesCultural propertiesHeritagePreventive archaeologyDecentralisationRegional identities
spellingShingle Takashi Inada
L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
Ebisu: Études Japonaises
Law for the Preservation of Cultural Properties
Cultural properties
Heritage
Preventive archaeology
Decentralisation
Regional identities
title L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
title_full L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
title_fullStr L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
title_full_unstemmed L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
title_short L’évolution de la protection du patrimoine au Japon depuis 1950 : sa place dans la construction des identités régionales
title_sort l evolution de la protection du patrimoine au japon depuis 1950 sa place dans la construction des identites regionales
topic Law for the Preservation of Cultural Properties
Cultural properties
Heritage
Preventive archaeology
Decentralisation
Regional identities
url http://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/1576
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