✳︎ Book Title: Roadside Explorers: Journeying on theOku no Hosomichi ✳︎ Editor: Roadside Observation Society ✳︎ Authors: Genpei Akasegawa, Terunobu Fujimori, Shinbo Minami, Joji Hayashi, Tetsuo Matsuda, Hidehisa Taniguchi ✳︎ Publication Date: First printing 1991 ✳︎ Publisher: JICC Publishing Bureau (now Takarajima-sha) ✳︎ Planning: Dobunsha Co., Ltd. ✳︎ Page Count: 186 pages. Edges of pages are tanned throughout. 《Table of Contents》 ◉ My Prized Possessions • The Resentful Guardrail (Shinbo Minami) • The Effect of Omission (Terunobu Fujimori) • Geta and Bonsai (Tetsuo Matsuda) • The "Naming Tobukuro" of Ginzan (Joji Hayashi) • Soft-shelled Turtle (Hidehisa Taniguchi) • Yamagata-style Bonsai Enthusiast (Genpei Akasegawa) ◉ Individual Essays and Reports by Each Author • The Spirit of Yamagata's Super-Art (Genpei Akasegawa) • Children Come to the City (Shinbo Minami) • Harigami Begins with Misunderstanding (Shinbo Minami) • Shinbo Minami's "Don't Throw Away" Collection ✳︎ Terunobu Fujimori • Yamagata's Western-style Houses Were Siblings to Cherries • I Saw Strong Love and Trust for the "Te Mark" at the Post Office • Learning How to View Western-style Houses at a High-Class Clinic • Why Are Yamagata's Fire Watchtowers Made of Concrete? ✳︎ Tetsuo Matsuda • Yamagata's Tobukuro Obsession • A Tour of Interesting Komainu (Guardian Dogs) ✳︎ Joji Hayashi • The "Japanese Essence" Hidden in Shrines and Temples • The "Japanese Essence" Scattered Throughout the City • Eastern and Western Influences Seen in Plaster Reliefs • "The Shape of Japan: Fans" • Face Hunting, Again • What Time Is It in Yamagata Time? • Ah, Red Properties • Yamagata's Hidden Aspects • A Little Nibble at Industrial Archaeological Properties ✳︎ Hidehisa Taniguchi • Yamagata's Composite Properties Seeping onto the Roadside • Yamagata's Specialty Cherry Properties Riding the Roadside • Yamagata Roadside Observation Club • Yamagata Firefighting Journey • Smelly Komainu • Gods • Tsuruoka Specialties ◉ Conclusion • Roundtable Discussion: Introduction to Rural Roadside Observation Methodology (Genpei Akasegawa / Shinbo Minami / Terunobu Fujimori / Tetsuo Matsuda / Joji Hayashi / Hidehisa Taniguchi) • Content Description (from obi): "Useless play is pleasant in the countryside." Introduces 400 "properties" that are of no use, collected by modern intellectual nomads (roadside watchers) along the Yamagata Prefecture's safflower road. ◉⤵︎ Search Terms Below #YamagataPrefecture #YamagataKen #Super-Art Thomason #TerunobuFujimori #Shinbo Minami #Joji Hayashi #Tetsuo Matsuda #Hidehisa Taniguchi #Akihiko Iimura #Naika Gallery #Genpei Akasegawa #Roadside Observation Society #Tomason #Subculture #Hi-Red Center #Jiro Takamatsu #Natsuyuki Nakanishi #Shinbo Minami