On that day, Japanese intellectual historians, cultural anthropologists, folklorists, collectors, photographers, and web designers gathered at a mountain lodge in Tochigi Prefecture. Drawing on examples of alternative forms of consensus building alive in Asia, such as village meetings, Edo-period reading groups, catfish paintings, Okinawan moai (social gatherings) and birthday celebrations, the retreat explored, together with Dutch people, new forms of collaboration in an age of division. This special edition, produced in collaboration with the Netherlands Cultural Program, compiles the events of the retreat into a single volume.
【table of contents】
Photo Document
YORIAI ON THE HILL
Foreword
Staying Afloat, Together
Asian Vernacular 4 Ideas
4 Ideas from Asian Vernacular
Introduction
Why YORIAI?
Session 1 Reading Group Dokushokai
Session 2 Moai
Session 3 Namazu-E
Session 4: Zodiac/Birthday Celebration
Catfish paintings, or how the people of Edo perceived natural disasters
NAMAZU-E, or How to Cope with Natural Disaster
Afterword
After the meeting YORIAI AND BEYOND
[Participants]
Tsutomu Maeda
Misa Hirano (Nomoto)
Saki Kudo
Akihiro Hatanaka
Vincent Schipper
Seada Nourhussen
Akira Kuroki
Yota Shiraishi
Hiroki Yamamoto
Katsunobu Yoshida
Yasuhide Kuge
Shotaro Yamashita
Kei Wakabayashi
Sho Kobayashi
[Book information]
Book title: "WORKSIGHT No. 28: Yoriai On The Hill"
Edited by: WORKSIGHT Editorial Department (Yoko Research Institute + Kurotorisha)
ISBN: 978-4-7615-0935-4
Art direction: Hiromi Fujita (FUJITA LLC)
Issue date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Issued by: KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Gakugei Publishing Co., Ltd.
Cooperation: Nieuwe Instituut, Omaruyama Hotel
Format: A5 variant / 128 pages
Price: 1,800 yen + tax