Study on Environmental Awareness to the Rural Landscape through the Children's View Points on their Works of Drawing and Writing in Oguni-machi

Abstract

The rural landscape is one of important resources for the community development. For that, Ogunimachi in Niigata Prefecture, collected pictures and writings about landscape of there for its symposium and exibition. From the analysisof children's drawings and writings which were collected there, it revealed that their aesthetic attitude, with factors of seasonal and natural phenomena; history and tradition; memories of experiences; etc., had worked when they had watched a landscape. This characteristics were seen not only from children but also from adults. In such a meaning, it would be more effective to make approaches to these aesthetic attitude for encouraging people to concern their landscape.