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handle them, if we can select and extract them. For example, there are 'San-En' which
is an expression of Sansui pictures, and 'Go-Un' (five elements which form a self-
existence) which is a function to recognize the human in Buddhism and so on.
The first exhibition of this system was in MIT museum. I wondered whether
Westerners understand it or not. As a result, however, it was accepted by many
Westerners and won the great popularity. Westerners had felt that Sansui pictures and
Zen is extremely oriental and hard to approach, but they gave me impressions that
they could understand them through the interaction with this system. I myself had an
impression that we could achieved the initial goal to express Japanese culture in
media, when I saw a American child interacting joyfully with this system.
After that, it was exhibited in SIGGRAPH, the international conference of CG, and
Kodaiji, a Zen temple in Kyoto. Each exhibition won great popularity. This success of
the experiment using this system made me certain that the 'cultural computing' which
computes the culture is reasonable to set to my research goal.
4 Structure of the Culture Becomes a Communication Technology
4.1 An Interaction to Reach the Racial Memory
I was encouraged by the success of ZENetic Computer , and felt that interaction
that reaches the deep-inside racial memory was the research I wanted to realize as the
next stage. From the dry interaction of computers to the friendly and impressive
interaction. How to realize this challenge?
I tried to classify the types, structures and relationship of what supports racial
memories in Japanese culture with my co-researcher, Seigo Matsuoka. Below is the
detail:
1. Japanese natural climate
Japanese transient weather and nature, thought of transience like 'Monono-
Aware', beauty senses like 'Wabi-Sabi', existential thought that loves present
situation.
2. Relationships between Japanese culture and Asian one (Japanese own method to
take over the Asian culture)
Transformation from Chinese Sansui pictures to Japanese ones, Chinese
gardens and grove gardens to the Japanese Rock Garden.
3. The syncretization of Shinto and Buddhism
The cultural structure that was reconstructed as a belief system, mixing the
native faith and the Buddhism.
4. Characteristics of Japanese language
Waka poem, Haiku poem, Noh thater, and the script of Kabuki. And as
applications, Honka-Dori, Uta-Makura, Kakari-Musubi, etc.
5. Japanese Design
Japanese designs are the most popular. Two-dimensional designs are Mon
(armorital bearings), Ori (pattern of textiles), colors, paper patterns, lines for
example. Three-dimensional dynamic designs are the design of Noh, Kabuki, etc.
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