Abstract
This study analyzed two art projects conducted at schools in the Miyagi Prefecture immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 to clarify the underlying artistic significance of each. The projects were titled the Higashi-Matsushima (Miyato) Reconstruction through Art Project / Children and the Nameplate Project. These were directly compared to assess any similarities and / or differences. Further, interviews were conducted with participants of the Nameplate Project; all resulting data were analyzed using the KJ Method. It was found that the Higashi-Matsushima (Miyato) Reconstruction through Art Project / Children focused on “care for the heart, ” while the Nameplate Project was designed “as a mechanism to accept the whole earthquake disaster, ” in which case students could become independent learners rather than healing subjects.
