2004 Volume 67 Issue 5 Pages 723-726
Over the past few decades, the concern with management of historic landscape has been growing. This paper is a comparative study about management of historic landscape in both of Korean and Japanese traditional villages. The purpose of this study is to clear up the management style of historic landscape in two countries based on the Cultural Properties Protection Act. The subjects of this study are Andong hahoe village in Korea and Shirakawa ogimachi village in Japan. As the result of comparative study, characters of Historic landscape management in two villages are figured out. The management of the historic landscape of Andong Hahoe village is characterized as restriction for preservation from the total village to single element. On the other hand, the management of the historic landscape of Shirakawa ogimachi village is characterized as mediation for combination of historic buildings with places of involvement. On the basis of the result, this paper discusses the problems related to the historic landscape managements of two villages.
