FUKUOKA PRIZE 2011
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Arts and Culture Prize Niels GUTSCHOW Germany / Architectural Historian

Fukuoka Prize Report 2011

Academic Prize CHO Dong-il Republic of Korea / Scholar of Literature

Grand Prize ANG Choulean Cambodia / Ethnologist

Organized by: City of Fukuoka
Yokatopia Foundation
Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs

Japan1 KUROSAWA Akira (Film Director)
1 YANO Toru (Social Scientist, Scholar of Asian Studies)
2 NAKANE Chie (Social Anthropologist)
3 TAKEUCHI Minoru (Scholar of Chinese Studies)
4 KAWAKITA Jiro (Scholar of Ethnogeography)
5 ISHII Yoneo (Scholar of Southeast Asian Studies)
6 KARASHIMA Noboru (Historian)
7 ETO Shinkichi (Scholar of International Relations)
8 HIGUCHI Takayasu (Archaeologist)
9 UEDA Masaaki (Historian)
10 OBAYASHI Taryo (Ethnologist)
12 HAYAMI Yujiro (Economist)

Fukuoka Prize Laureates
Special Commemorative Prize

Grand Prize

Academic Prize

Arts and Culture Prize

Mongolia*Numbers refer to the ceremony when the prize was awarded.

4 NAMJILYN Norovbanzad (Vocalist)
17 Shagdaryn BIRA (Historian)

China
Nepal

1 BA Jin (Writer)
4 FEI Xiaotong (Sociologist, Anthropologist)
7 WANG Zhongshu (Archaeologist)

15 Ram Dayal RAKESH (Scholar of Folk Culture Studies)

14 HOKAMA Shuzen (Scholar of Okinawan Studies)
17 HAMASHITA Takeshi (Historian)
20 MIKI Minoru (Composer)
21 MORI Kazuko (Scholar of Contemporary Chinese Studies)

13 ZHANG Yimou (Film Director)
14 XU Bing (Artist)
15 LI Yining (Economist)
17 MO Yan (Writer)
20 CAI Guo-Qiang (Contemporary Artist)

Pakistan

7 Nusrat Fateh Ali KHAN (Qawwali Singer)
17 Uxi MUFTI (Culture Expert)

Fukuoka
Republic of Korea

Hong Kong

19 Ann HUI (Film Director)

BhutanIndia

16 Tashi Norbu (Traditional Musician)2 Ravi SHANKAR (Sitar Player)
5 Padma SUBRAHMANYAM (Traditional Dancer)
8 Romila THAPAR (Historian)
15 Amjad Ali KHAN (Sarod Maestro)
18 Ashis NANDY (Social and Cultural Critic)
20 Partha CHATTERJEE (Scholar of Political Science, History)

Taiwan10 HOU Hsiao Hsien (Film Director)
18 JU Ming (Sculptor)
Laos

16 Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Textile Researcher)

Myanmar

11 Than Tun (Historian)
16 Thaw Kaung (Librarian)

3 KIM Won-yong (Archaeologist)
6 HAHN Ki-un (Scholar of Education)
8 IM Kwon-taek (Film Director)
9 LEE Ki-Moon (Linguist)
16 IM Dong-kwon (Folklorist)
18 KIM Duk-soo (Traditional Performing Artist)
21 HWANG Byung-ki (Musician)
22 CHO Dong-il (Scholar of Literature)
Philippines

Vietnam

7 PHAN Huy Le

3 Leandro V. LOCSIN (Architect)
12 Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA (Film Director)
14 Reynaldo C. ILETO (Historian)(Historian)Cambodia

Outside of Asia

Sri Lanka

U.K.

13 Kingsley M. DE SILVA (Historian)
15 Roland SILVA (Conservator)
19 Savitri GOONESEKERE (Jurist)

1 Joseph NEEDHAM (Scholar of Chinese Science History)
Australia

5 WANG Gungwu (Historian)
13 Anthony REID (Historian)
Ireland

11 Benedict ANDERSON (Scholar of Politics)
France20 Augustin BERQUE (Scholar of Cultural Geography)
U.S.A.

2 Donald KEENE (Scholar of Japanese Literature & Culture)
3 Clifford GEERTZ (Anthropologist)
6 Nam June PAIK ( Video Artist)
9 Stanley J. TAMBIAH (Anthropologist)
21 James C. SCOTT (Political Scientist, Anthropologist)

8 CHHENG Phon (Dramatist, Artist)
22 ANG Choulean (Ethnologist, Scholar of Khmer Studies)

Bangladesh

ANG Choulean
Grand Prize 2011 laureate

12 Muhammad YUNUS (Economist)
19 Farida Parveen (Singer)
Malaysia
Thailand1 Kukrit PRAMOJ (Writer, Statesman)
5 M. C. Subhadradis DISKUL (Archaeologist, Art Historian)
10 Nidhi EOSEEWONG (Historian)
12 Thawan DUCHANEE (Painter)
18 Srisakra VALLIBHOTAMA (Anthropologist, Archaeologist)

Germany

22 Niels GUTSCHOW (Architectural Historian)CHO Dong-il
Academic Prize 2011 laureate

Indonesia

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6
9
11

Taufik ABDULLAH (Historian, Social Scientist)
KOENT JARANINGRAT (Anthropologist)
R. M. Soedarsono (Dancer, Scholar of Dance)
Pramoedya Ananta TOER (Writer)

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11
13
19

Ungku A. AZIZ (Economist)
Hamzah Awang Amat (Shadow Play Master)Lat (Cartoonist)Shamsul A. B. (Social Anthropologist)

CONTENTS
Fukuoka Prize Laureates ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・01·02
What is the Fukuoka Prize?・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・03·04
Fukuoka Prize 2011

Singapore

10 TANG Da Wu (Visual Artist)
14 Dick LEE (Singer-Songwriter)
21 ONG Keng Sen (Theatre Director)

ANG Choulean ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 05
CHO Dong-il ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 06
Niels GUTSCHOW ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 07
Award Ceremony and Celebration Banquet ・・・ 08–10
Acceptance Speeches ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・11·12
Exchange Activities
ANG Choulean ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 13·14
CHO Dong-il ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 15·16
Niels GUTSCHOW ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 17·18

Niels GUTSCHOW
Arts and Culture Prize 2011 laureate

Press Coverage and Other PR Activities ・・・・・・・・ 19·20
Roll of Honor ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 21–26

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What is the Fukuoka Prize?
Background of the Fukuoka Prize
Asia is home to a diversity of ethnic groups, languages, and cultures, which live together and mingle inharmony. Above all, the diverse cultures have served not only as guardians of a priceless legacy of ourlong history and tradition, but also as sources of our inspiration.
However, in the current era of globalization, there is a sense of crisis for which Asian cultures may
lose their inherent parts due to the encroaching standardization of culture. It is therefore vital to preserve,
develop, and promote the harmonious coexistence of the diverse Asian cultures.
As Japan’s cultural gateway, Fukuoka City has played a significant role in promoting exchanges withother regions in Asia since the early times. Upon this background, and for the purpose of promoting andunderstanding the distinctive cultures of Asia as well as contributing to peace, the Fukuoka Prize(Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize) was established in 1990 through the collaboration between academia,
businesses, and the city authorities. Since then, there have been 88 prize recipients from almost every region of Asia in these 22 years.
Future-oriented cross-cultural activities should not be limited to the preservation of the indigenous
cultures with long history and tradition. It should also be broadened to observe, respect, learn, and incubate new cultures emerging from changes. This is the aspiration of Fukuoka City and its citizens, striving
to become a great center of cultural exchange in Asia.
The Fukuoka Prize will continue to be an instrument to embody respect to those who have contributed greatly to academics, arts, and culture in Asia. In collaboration with its citizens, Fukuoka City, as acity in Asia, looks forward to widely conveying the values of distinctive and diverse Asian cultures.

5. Administration and Selection(1) Fukuoka Prize Committee
The Prize Committee serves as an administrative body for the prize. It is responsible for giving final approval to
the laureates selected by the Prize Jury.
(2) Fukuoka Prize Jury; Academic Prize Selection Committee; Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee
Nominees for each of the three prizes are shortlisted by their respective Selection Committees. The Prize Juryexamines the shortlist and selects the laureates.
* To ensure impartiality, no member of any Committee or Jury may nominate any prize candidate.
(3) Nominators
In order to extensively recruit candidates for the prize, the Prize Committee has over 7,000 nominators in education and research institutions, arts and culture organizations, and news media, both at home and abroad.
Administration and Selection Organization Chart

The Fukuoka Prize was established to honor outstanding achievements by individuals or groups/
organizations in preserving and creating the unique and diverse cultures of Asia. The aim is to fosterand increase awareness of the value of Asian cultures as well as to establish a framework within which
Asians can learn from, and share with, each other.

Fukuoka Prize Committee
Selection

Prize money: 5,000,000 yen

Academic Prize
Prize money: 3,000,000 yen

Arts and Culture Prize
Prize money: 3,000,000 yen

Fukuoka Prize Jury

Academic Prize
Selection Committee

Nominators(Domestic, Overseas)

Arts and Culture Prize
Selection Committee

Timeline for the Fukuoka Prize 2011
July 2009
Jan.-Feb. 2011

July-Aug. 2011
Sept. 2011
Nov. 2011

Nominations were invited from approximately 7,000 nominators in 54 countries and regions forthe 2011 Fukuoka Prize.
Selection meetings for the Academic Prize (Jan. 30) and the Arts and Culture Prize (Feb. 6)
were held to consider the 253 shortlisted individuals and groups from 29 countries and regions.
Fukuoka Prize Jury meeting was held (March 4).
Joint meeting between the Selection committees and the Jury was held (April 29).
Prizewinners were acknowledged by the Prize Committee, followed by a press conferencein Fukuoka (June 7).
Press conferences were held in Seoul, Korea (July 15) and Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Aug. 6).
Award Ceremony (Sept.15), school visits (Sept. 16), public forums (Sept. 17–18), and culturalsalons (Sept. 16–17) were held.
Press conference was held in Patan, Nepal (Nov. 13).

Fukuoka Prize 2011: Jury and Selection Committees

2. Prize Categories
Grand Prize

City of Fukuoka

Administration

March 2011
April 2011
June 2011

1. Object

Sponsors

Yokatopia Foundation

To be presented to individual/group who has made outstanding contributions to the preservation and creation of Asian culture and has exhibitedthe significance of Asian culture to the world through the internationality,
universality, popularity and/or creativity of their work.
To be presented to individuals/groups that have made outstandingachievements in the field of Asian studies, contributing to the world’s understanding of Asia. It covers the fields of social sciences, such as history,archaeology, cultural anthropology, economics, and political science.
To be presented to individuals/groups that have made outstanding contributions in the cultivation and/or advancement of the unique and diverse
arts and culture of Asia. It covers the fields such as fine arts, literature,music, drama, dance, film, architecture, traditional and ethnic culture.

Fukuoka Prize Jury
Chair

ARIKAWA Setsuo

Academic Prize
Selection Committee
Chair

President, Kyushu University
Vice-chair of the Fukuoka Prize
Committee

Vice
Chair

YAMAZAKI Motoki

MemberINABA Tsugio

Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City
Vice-chair of the Fukuoka Prize
Committee

KONISHI Masatoshi

Vice
Chair

SHIMIZU Hiromu

MemberAMAKO Satoshi

MemberSHIMIZU Hiromu

MemberMember

TSUCHIYA Naonori

MemberMemberFukuoka City, Yokatopia Foundation

NISHIMURA Atsuko

Member

FUJIHARA Keiyo
Professor, Graduate School of Design,
Kyushu University
Vice-chair of the Arts and Culture Selection Committee

Member

ISHIZAKA Kenji

ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki

SUEHIRO Akira

TAKENAKA Chiharu

Member

NAKAMURA Hisashi

MemberNITTA Eiji
Professor, Faculty of Law,
Economics, and Humanities,
Kagoshima University

USHIROSHOJI Masahiro
Professor, Graduate School of
Humanities, Kyushu University

MemberUCHINO Tadashi
Professor, Graduate School ofArts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

MemberUDO Seiji
Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies,Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

MemberResearch Fellow, Ryukoku University

MemberProfessor, Graduate School of Design,
Kyushu University

Professor of Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Director of the Asian Section, Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival

Professor, College of Law and Politics,
Rikkyo University

Administrative Vice President, JapanFoundation

Member

FUJIHARA Keiyo

Professor, Institute of Social Science,
University of Tokyo

Chairman, Seiko Electric Co., Ltd

4. Organizing Bodies

Vice
Chair

Professor of Sophia Asia Center for
Research and Human Development

Professor, Center for Southeast
Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Vice-chair of the Academic Selection Committee

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Professor, Center for Southeast
Asian Studies, Kyoto University

KONISHI Masatoshi
Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University

Professor, Graduate School of
Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University
Chair of the Arts and Culture
Selection Committee

3. Geographical Scope

Chair

Professor, Graduate School of
Human-Environment Studies,
Kyushu University

Professor, Graduate School of
Human Environment Studies, Kyushu University
Chair of the Academic Selection Committee

MemberINABA Tsugio

Arts and Culture Prize
Selection Committee

KAWAMURA Minato
Professor, Faculty of International
Communication, Hosei University

MemberFUJII Tomoaki
President, International Institute forCultural Studies
As of December 201103

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Grand Prize 2011

Academic Prize 2011
Brief Biography

Brief Biography

1939
1968
1968–77

Born in Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
M.A. (Korean Language and Literature), Seoul National University
Full-time Lecturer – Associate Professor of Korean Language
and Literature, Keimyung College
1976
Ph.D. (Korean Language and Literature), Seoul National University
1977–81
Associate Professor, Professor of Korean Language
and Literature, Yeungnam University
1981–87
Professor, Graduate School of Korean Studies, theAcademy of Korean Studies
1987–2004 Associate Professor, Professor of Korean Language
and Literature, Seoul National University
1994–95
Visiting Professor, Tokyo University
2004–
Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University

1949
1974

Born in Kompong Khleang, Cambodia
B.A. (Archaeology), Faculty of Archaeology,
Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh
1982
Doctorate (Ethnology), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, Paris
Professor, Faculty of Archaeology, Royal University of Fine Arts
1990–
1995–2001 Director of the Department of Culture and Monuments,
the APSARA Authority
2000–
Co-editor of Udaya, a Journal of Khmer Studies
2004–
Advisor to the Director General, the APSARA Authority
2005–
Co-editor of KhmeRenaissance, a Khmer cultural website

ANG Choulean
Cambodia / Ethnology
Ethnologist, Scholar of
Khmer Studies(Professor of Archeology,
Royal University of Fine Arts)

Major Publications

Les êtres surnaturels dans la religion populaire khmère [Supernatural
Beings in Khmer Popular Religion], Paris: Cedoreck , 1986.
Angkor, a Manual for the Past, Present and Future (co-author andco-editor) (in English), Phnom Penh: Royal Government of Cambodia,
1996 (French edition in 1997, Khmer edition in 1998).

CHO Dong-il
Republic of Korea / Literature
Scholar of Literature(Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University)“In the beginning was the Bayon.” Bayon: New Perspectives (inEnglish), Bangkok: River Books, 2007.

Award Citation

Major Publications

Hanguk munhak tongsa [A Comprehensive History of Korean Literature],
6 vols. 4th ed. Seoul: Chisik Saneopsa, 2005.
Dong Asia munhaksa bigyoron [A Comparative Study of East Asian Literary
Histories], Seoul: Seoul Daehakkyo Chulpanbu, 1993. (Japanese trans.
Toyofuku Kenji, Hakuteisya, 2010.)
Dong Asia munmyeongron [A Theory of East Asian Civilization], Seoul: Chisik
Saneopsa, 2010. (Japanese trans. Toyofuku Kenji, Hoyushoten, 2011.)

Award Citation

Prof. Ang Choulean is not only a leading ethnologist in Cambodia but also a highly acclaimed scholar outside the country. Having studied

Prof. Cho Dong-il is an eminent scholar of Korean literature. One of his major works, the six-volume Hanguk munhak tongsa (Ain France, he returned to Cambodia during the Civil War there, took charge of reopening the Royal University of Fine Arts, and made aComprehensive History of Korean Literature) is regarded as a monumental landmark in Korean literary studies. However, his academic

significant contribution to the reconstruction of Cambodian culture and to the preservation and restoration of its monuments. He wasinterest extends far beyond the national border to the entire zone where Chinese characters are used, and he is also acclaimed internationallyappointed Director of the Department of Culture and Monuments at the Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and theas a leading scholar in comparative literature and civilization, with such publications as Dong Asia munhaksa bigyoron (A Comparative

Region of Siem Reap (APSARA), which is responsible for the Angkor Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992, andStudy of East Asian Literary Histories) and Dong Asia munmyeongron (A Theory of East Asian Civilization).

rendered great service to revive Cambodian culture after the destruction which it had suffered.

Prof. Cho graduated from one of the most prestigious universities in Korea, Seoul National University, and received a Ph.D. in literature.

Prof. Ang was born in Kompong Khleang in 1949. After graduating from the Royal University of Fine Arts in 1974, he studied at Ecole

Since 1968, he has taught as a professor for more than four decades, at Keimyung College, Yeungnam University and Seoul Nationaldes Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHEES) in France, and there obtained a doctorate in ethnology. His research approach, based on

University, and at the same time, has lectured at a dozen major Korean and overseas (Japanese, Chinese and French) universities. It is said

the ethnological empathy which has been fostered by his native wind, sun, and rain, is to bring each cultural archetype to the surface bythat no scholar in Korean literature, whether established or novice, who has not been influenced by him.

following the clues provided in rites and the culture of everyday life, and then recombine them in a new synthesis. His efforts to place
Cambodian ethnology into an anthropological context to reveal its origin, genealogy and authenticity deserve high praise.

Prof. Cho began his academic work with research on classical Korean oral tradition, and expanded his interests to embrace medieval
Chinese literature, Korean classics and modern literature. The results of these researches have been compiled in Hanguk munhak tongsa (AOne of his masterpieces is his dissertation, “Les êtres surnaturels dans la religion populaire khmère” (Supernatural Beings in Khmer

Comprehensive History of Korean Literature), published in 1982–1988. This work has particular significance in the history of Korean

Popular Religion)(1986), which was widely acclaimed as a great work that opened up a new horizon in Cambodian ethnology. He sees theliterary studies, because he introduces his own idea about historical periodization – based on literary history rather than traditional politicalreligious rituals of folk beliefs as the results of the accumulation, fusion and interweaving of faiths, from animism (spirit worship), throughdivisions – in order to examine the course of Korean literary history dynamically in a new sequence, with a comprehensive approach

the formerly popular Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism to the currently widespread Theravada Buddhism. For example, in the "Paddy

involving social history and the history of ideas. The significance of the work was recognized by its being chosen as one of 26 Korean

Mountain” ritual, time, space and fertility are represented in microcosm and blended into one. At first glance, these rituals may seem simply

representatives in the 100 Books on East Asian Liberal Arts by the East Asian Publishers’ Conference (2011).

to follow Buddhist beliefs, but in fact, they are often a fusion of animism and Buddhism.

Although the first sign of his mastery of comparative literary history was apparent in Hanguk munhak tongsa (A Comprehensive History

Many young Cambodian academics have participated in the persistent and prolonged field work undertaken by Prof. Ang in pursuit ofof Korean Literature), its full development was presented in Dong Asia munhaksa bigyoron (A Comparative Study of East Asian Literary

religious rites, and have received his guidance. While taking up a teaching post at the Royal University of Fine Arts, reopened in 1990, he

Histories) (1993). In this book, he compares the literary histories of Korea, Japan, China and Vietnam – countries belonging to the cultural

also became a departmental director of APSARA in its early stage. He was therefore in charge of conserving the historical monumentszone defined by Confucianism and Chinese characters – and tries to identify individual national particularities and universal principles. It

during the chaotic period after the Civil War, and achieved much protecting monuments on the verge of collapse by appealing to thewas translated into Japanese in 2010, and has attracted many Japanese readers.

international community through the UNESCO.

Since he was young, Prof. Cho has also had a special interest in the East Asian civilization that shares Chinese script, Confucianism andSince 2005, Prof. Ang has moved his focus to an educational campaign conducted in the Khmer language under the slogan of the “Khmer

Buddhism as a common heritage for the countries in the region. This subject became his principal interest after he retired from full-time

Renaissance”. He places the foundation of Khmer tradition and culture in the framework of everyday village life, and encourages awarenessteaching, and the fruit of the work is his Dong Asia munmyeongron (A Theory of East Asian Civilization) (2010). Here he encouragesof this native culture. He has been invited to many international symposia, and has examined, described and presented the unique but

development of “East Asian studies” and an “academic community of East Asian studies”.

universal raison d’etre of Cambodian ethnology.
Prof. Ang has not only been a successful ethnologist with a notable academic record, but also has contributed to the revival of his native
Cambodian culture, has been instrumental in the reopening of the Royal University of Fine Arts, and has played an important role inProf. Cho’ s outstanding achievement is not only in the area of Korean literature but also in comparative literature and civilization in East
Asia, and he is still actively pursuing these subjects. For this distinguished contribution, Prof. Cho is very worthy of the Academic Prize of
the Fukuoka Prize.

creating APSARA, putting it in operation and forming its international framework.
For all these achievements, Prof. Ang Choulean is truly worthy of the Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Prize.
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Arts and Culture Prize 2011
Brief Biography

1941
1962, 63
1970
1971
1973
1980–96
1995
2007–

Niels GUTSCHOW
Germany / Architecture
Architectural Historian(Professor, Cluster of Excellence ofHeidelberg University)Award Ceremony

Born in Hamburg, Germany
Apprenticeship as carpenter in Japan at Inuyama Castle and Fudo-doin Koya-san Kongobuji
Diploma (Architecture), the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Member of the first bilateral German-Nepalese conservation project in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Ph.D.(Architecture), the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany(on “Japanese castle towns”)
Architectural survey projects in Nepal (in Gorkha, Nuvakot, Bhaktapur,
Mustang, and Mugu), funded by the German Research Association
Member of an ICOMOS team to evaluate the World Heritage Sites of Pakistan
Professor, the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”,
Heidelberg University
Senior Advisor of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (New York) forthe conservation of the Patan Palace

Date: Thursday, September 15, 18:20–20:00
Venue: Fukuoka International Congress Center
MC: DAN Fumi

Major Publications
Welcome address by Mayor TAKASHIMA.

Newar Towns and Buildings: An Illustrated Dictionary Newárí-English(co-author), St. Augustin: VHG Wissenschaftsverlag, 1987.
The Nepalese Caitya: 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the
Kathmandu Valley, Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges, 1997.
Benares: The Sacred Landscape of Varanasi, Stuttgart: Edition Axel
Menges, 2006.

Award Citation

As an architectural historian and conservator, Prof. Niels Gutschow has made a remarkable contribution to the conservation,
贈賞理由
restoration and revival of historical buildings. In particular, he has developed conservation programmes for ancient and religious

Report on the selection process
by Professor ARIKAWA Setsuo,
President of Kyushu University.

buildings in Nepal, India and Pakistan, involving not only conventional stylistic criteria but also detailed analysis and understanding of
their religious rites, original construction methods and designs. On the basis of this he has established an interdisciplinary conservation
theory and system. From there he has expanded his scope to include neglected religious sacred sites and buildings which are on the vergeof collapse, thus greatly stimulating progress in conservation theories and techniques, and so influencing conservation practice acrossAsian and in Japan.
Prof. Gutschow was born in Hamburg in 1941. He spent time in Japan during 1962–63 as an apprentice carpenter, learning
conservation techniques in situ at Inuyama Castle and Fudo-do in Koya-san Kongobuji, and so establishing the foundation on which helater built his expertise. In 1970, he graduated from the Architecture Department, Darmstadt University of Technology. He became amember of the first bilateral German-Nepalese conservation project team in 1971, and pioneered the preservation of urban beauty and thedevelopment of museum cities. In 1973, he received a Ph.D. in architecture from Darmstadt University of Technology: his research was on
Japanese castle towns. He has been involved from the outset in the project to conserve ancient cities in the Kathmandu Valley, and has also
continued the comparative study of architecture and cities.
His work in Nepal became a driving force for first German and then other Western specialists to begin empirical on-site examinations

Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino attended the award ceremony, joining an audience of about 1,000 residents andrepresentatives from different countries and cultural fields in celebrating the Prize.
In the first part of the event, the laureates were led to the stage by students from the Asian Cultural Studies Department of Chikushi
Jogakuen University dressed in beautiful kimonos. After Fukuoka City Mayor Takashima Soichiro congratulated the laureates on behalf ofthe organizers, His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino spoke on the laureates and the prizes. His address was followed by the report on theselection process by Prof. Arikawa Setsuo, Chair of the Prize Jury and President of Kyushu University. Citations decorated with Hakata-ori
weaving and medals designed after the official cotton rosemallow flower of the city were presented to the laureates by Mayor Takashima
and Mr. Kamata Michisada, Chair of the Yokatopia Foundation.
The laureates gave their acceptance speeches, expressing their joy at the honor received and their thanks to the people of the city. Ms.
Otsubo Kanako offered a congratulatory message on behalf of the residents of Fukuoka City, after which students from the Fukuoka
International School presented the laureates with bouquets to thunderous applause.
In the second part of the event, actress Dan Fumi served as MC in a lively discussion with the laureates. The closing event was aperformance of Khmer traditional music by four Cambodian musicians, congratulating the laureates.

of Nepalese historical urban monuments, which encouraged them to communicate more widely with Asian colleagues, and led to research
into, and the conservation of, these unique Asian timber-and-brick buildings. The Hindu / Buddhist monuments of three cities ofProgram

Kathmandu Valley on which Prof. Gutschow had worked on – Bhaktapur, Kathmandu and Patan – were collectively designated as the first
Asian UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

[Part 1]Introduction of Laureates
Greeting by Representative of Organizing Committee
TAKASHIMA Soichiro, Mayor of Fukuoka City
Imperial Address
His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino
Report on the Selection Process
ARIKAWA Setsuo, Chair of the Fukuoka Prize JuryAwarding of the Prizes
TAKASHIMA Soichiro, Mayor of Fukuoka City
KAMATA Michisada, Chair of the Yokatopia Foundation
Acceptance Speeches by Laureates
Congratulatory Message from Representative of Fukuoka Residents

He has developed a conservation methodology through profound insight and knowledge gained from his own lifelong experience, andthis methodology has evolved to cover an extensive interdisciplinary scope, focusing not only on architectural history but also reaching to
the adjacent fields of religious studies and anthropology. His achievement is embodied in an important book, Benares (2006) in which hediscusses, from architectural and anthropological points of view, the interaction between religious rituals and urban space in the sacredcity of Indian Hinduism and Buddhism, Varanasi (Benares). Currently he is a professor of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a
Global Context” at Heidelberg University, and pursues in an interdisciplinary framework, both theoretical investigations and case studies
of interaction between architecture and urbanism.
Starting from learning Japanese carpentry skill firsthand, Prof. Niels Gutschow has developed a deep insight into historical architecture
and urbanism in South Asia, and has raised the academic research pursuits of preserving and restoring buildings and cities to the higher
level of philosophical activity. He has successfully led the way towards discovering a comprehensive value of architectural heritage. For
such a remarkable contribution, he is worthy of the Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Prize.
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Award certificate being presented by
Mayor TAKASHIMA to Professor ANG.

[Part 2]
Dialogue between Laureates and DAN Fumi
Special Performance: Traditional Khmer MusicAward certificate being presented by
Mr. KAMATA to Professor GUTSCHOW.

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Award Ceremony

Address by His Imperial Highness Prince Akishinoat the Fukuoka Prize 2011 Award Ceremony
I should like to offer my sincere congratulations to
the three laureates of the Fukuoka Prize at today’saward ceremony.
As globalization continues to advance rapidly within
our international society, uniform ways of thinking andlifestyle have being spread in each society. Meanwhile,
many countries and regions have been endeavored topreserve and develop their distinctive cultures and traditions. Asia is filled with unique histories and languages
formed throughout history by our diverse cultural climates and natural environment, and we have deep andrich traditions and cultures. When I travel through Asia
myself, I am always moved by its depth and richness,
and I feel strongly how important it is to preserve andhand on these traditions.
In an age such as ours, it seems to me that the Fukuoka Prize, which contributes to the preservation, continuation and creation of the unique diversity of culture
in Asia, is profoundly meaningful. The excellent
achievements of the laureates will widely exhibit the significance of Asian culture to the world, and become amomentous part of the heritage of humankind, which isan asset shared by all societies .
Finally I would like to express my respect to the laureates, and add my hope that the Fukuoka Prize willcontinue to promote understanding, peace and friendship between Asia and the rest of the world.

Special Performance: Traditional Khmer Music

Conversation between the laureates and MC DAN Fumi.

A relaxed and congenial atmosphere during conversation.

Ms. DAN Fumi, who served as MC.

In the second part of the ceremony, MC Dan Fumi conversed with the laureates. Prof. Cho revealed that much of his research is based on personal observations and experiences gained through travel, which he greatly enjoys. Prof. Gutschow explained that three of his book dealing with
Nepal had just been published in Switzerland, but that his research is far from complete. He intends to continue his research into architectural history and conservations there in the future. As a group, they discussed their experiences and the paths travelled to reach their present positions,
touching on their personal beliefs. As the audience came to understand them more fully, the auditorium was relaxed and full of smiles.
In closing, Prof. Ang described how Japan has overcome many difficulties in the past, and how Fukuoka has rebuilt itself after its own earthquake recently, explaining that he was deeply affected by the recent disaster and wishes Japan a prompt and full recovery.

Celebration Banquet

At the close of the award ceremony, four musicians wereinvited to give a performance of traditional Khmer music,
introducing the musical culture of Cambodia, the homelandof Grand Prize laureate Ang Choulean. Graduates of theRoyal University of Fine Arts that Prof. Ang worked so hard
to reopen after the civil war, they are acclaimed as outstanding musicians, often accompanying the royal family on official visits to Japan. The audience and honored guests enjoyed the beautiful strains of an exotic musical culture.

Guests from Focus on Asia

Musicians and their Instruments
BIN Sophors (rear row, left), playing Scor Dai and Romanea drums:
Large and small drums are placed on his lap to play.
NIL Sinoeun (front row, left), playing the Roneat, a xylophone with all the keys made of bamboo:
A 21-string model was used, but it is also made in a 16-string design.
KEM Rithy (rear row, right), playing the Kloy bamboo flute:
Made in both vertical and horizontal types, although a vertical model was played here. Especially

After the award ceremony, representatives of many fields gathered for the banquet, which beganwith a toast by H.E. Mr. HOR
Monirath, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Royal
Embassy of Cambodia to Japan,
and continued in a friendly andopen mood throughout.
Director Dao Ba Son and actress Nhat Kim Anh from Vietnam
also joined the banquet, taking
time out from their duties at the
Focus on Asia: Fukuoka International Film Festival 2011.
The laureates were congratulated by many participants, making a host of new friends.

beautiful in the high ranges.
SAY Tola (front row, right), playing the Tro stringed instrument:
Similar to the Chinese erhu, this 3-stringed instrument produces elegant tones.

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Acceptance Speeches

Grand Prize
Academic Prize
Arts and Culture Prize

Sharing Knowledge
and Love with Others

Grand Prize

ANG ChouleanYour Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino, Ladies andGentleman,
I knew that I would come to this event with a huge emotion. How could
I avoid this? I feel such an honor being awarded the Fukuoka Prize. I am
sure that my two co-winners experience the same emotional feeling. Thisprize, as I understand, is a recognition of the significance of my works and activities in the past and in
the present.
When I was younger than today I rarely raised a question such as “what is the meaning of what I’mdoing?”. It is just a normal thing: when you are young, you rarely happen to question yourself aboutsuch a philosophical issue. You just do what you have to do. But when I learned that I was awarded theprize, I tried to work out the possible reasons leading the jury to take that decision and, looking back tounderstand that, it looks as if in my various activities, I’ve more or less followed a sort of guiding principle I was not aware of. This guiding principle could be summed up as “sharing knowledge and lovewith others”.
With humility, I would like to express again my thanks to the Fukuoka Prize Committee.
Thank you.

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East Asian Culture and the Creationof a Collaborative Academic Body

Academic Prize

CHO Dong-il

It is indeed an honor to be selected for the Academic Prize this year. I feel that myyears of work in comparative research, steadily expanding my range from Korean
literature to East Asian literature, and then from East Asia to the entire world, havebeen appreciated, and found worthy.
Fukuoka has a very free, open stance compared to the rest of East Asia, and has served as a center of international exchange historically. This international outlook has led to the Fukuoka Prize, and made it possible for me to receive thishonor. In my book, A Theory of East Asian Civilization, I discuss that usage of two methods of communication in the
East Asian traditional cultural region, namely communication with written language based on Chinese characters, andcommunication with spoken language. As I pointed out, while Beijing was the center of written communication, Hakata
was the center of spoken communication.
Today, the name “Hakata” is a symbol of Fukuoka. I hope that Fukuoka will take the lead in comprehensive, collaborative research into the spread of both written and spoken communication throughout East Asia.
Allow me to paraphrase from my book, A Theory of East Asian Civilization.
“The scales, political systems and economic situations of the nations of East Asia are all different, making any conceivable integration difficult, and I have my doubts that integration could be achieved by starting with the government or
economy. But I do believe that, entirely separate from government and economics, an academic approach studying culture can undertake collaborative research, and create common cultural or academic bodies, with significant results for all
to share.”This book was recently translated into Japanese, and I received a copy when I came to Fukuoka for this ceremony. I
hope that the Japanese readers find it interesting.

Endless Fascination with
the City as a Stage for RitualArts and Culture Prize

Niels GUTSCHOW

Since my childhood in Hamburg I tried to follow the Noble Eightfold Pathof the Buddha. A path which eventually guided me at the age of twenty to India, Nepal, Burma and also Japan. The past forty years have been for me a richtranscultural experience, with two homes – one in Germany and one in Nepal.
Working in Japan as a carpenter, I came to appreciate the inherent values ofcraftsmanship: a miyadaikusan is not simply a workman but an artist and even a National Treasure. The experience of this attitude was instrumental for my later cooperation with Nepalese carpenters and brickmakers. It
made me value the products of hands in which the skill of many generations are inscribed as something authentic that mirrors indigenous knowledge systems. The imposition of allegedly universal principles in architecturalconservation tend to displace living cultural traditions.
I owe in fact the prize which I am honoured to receive today to the artists and craftsmen of Nepal who weregenerous enough to share their rich experience and dedication with me. The prize honours an architect from
Germany who never ceased to learn from Asia – on a life-long pilgrimage, a junrei along sacred landscapes. I became part of a global network of architects who established the field of architectural anthropology. It is a field ofknowledge which traces the impact of immaterial values in the shaping of the built environment. I owe much to
the revolutionary publications by Ito Teiji and Kojiro Yuichiro of 1968. Their thoughts about sea and wind, festival and community enabled me to perceive and map space in a different way.
It is the city as a stage for urban rituals that keeps fascinating me. The city as a cultural concept will survive
only if it incorporates more than a network of traffic and shopping malls. The question is: Will we be able to revive the gods and spirits of place to turn space into a vibrant realm? I hope the city of Fukuoka will learn fromits neighbours to turn urban space into a receptacle of ambiguity.

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Public Forum“Amorphous Gods of Japan Seenfrom Faraway Cambodia”
Grand Prize 2011 laureate

ANG Choulean
Cambodia / Ethnology

Part 1

LectureDialogue
Date: September 18, 2011
Venue: Event Hall (B2F),ACROS Fukuoka
Participants: 300

Common Concepts of Spirit Worship in Cambodia and Japan

Before the arrival of Indian religious influence, spirit worship (animism) was deeply rooted among people in Cambodia. Today I
would like to explain about one form of animism, Neak Ta, and also to present some aspects which this shares with Japanese
Shintoism, which is also a type of animism. I will deliberately avoid any discussion of Buddhism and Hinduism here.
First, let us have a look at some villages in the north-western part of Angkor region. In the center of the village, a wooden postis placed. This is called ‘Preah Phum’ in the Khmer language. Villagers consider this to be the ‘navel’ of their village. It represents
the whole area of the village including the parts you cannot see, and it symbolizes the energy of the soil of the village. Villagers
hold their religious rituals such as praying for rain around the Preah Phum. By pouring water on the post, which embodies the entire
area of the village, they believe that they can make rain fall. Such an idea has been deeply established among Cambodian people
especially in the rural areas.
Now let’s extend our scope beyond the north-western Angkor region, and look at ‘Neak Ta’ which can be seen throughout
Cambodia. A Neak Ta is a village guardian spirit, and also means ‘two in one’. One of the two things is the soil of the village
community, which means houses, rice fields and other spaces used by the villagers. The other is a man. This needs not be a specificperson and can be a legendary figure. He is the ancestor or the founder of the village, who cleared the woods and made the land
usable for growing rice so that others could come and live there. Neak Ta usually houses a phallic dimension and can take different
forms like a tree or a stone or even termite mound, but all of them represent the unification of soil and people, which is associatedwith rice cultivation. Religious belief is directly connected with the fertility of the soil.
Unlike Japanese Shintoism, Cambodian animism does not have a hierarchy of authorised priests, but there are importantsimilarities including the abstract representation of invisible gods and also a close connection to rice cultivation. The significance ofrice in Shintoism can be seen, for example, in ‘shimenawa’ (sacred straw rope) or the rice planting ceremony at Fushimi Inari
Shrine. Another common feature is the use of sake (rice wine) for religious ceremonies. In the rituals of Neak Ta, each household
brings rice wine, and after pouring some of it over the Neak Ta, the villagers share the rest. They do not drink in order to enjoy
themselves, but to hold communion with the Neak Ta. In Japan, there is o-miki (rice wine for libation). I have seen a similar usage ofrice wine during Utaki rituals in Taketomi island, Okinawa. Sake functions as a means of getting close to the gods’ world.
Neak Ta in Cambodia and Japanese Shintoism have no direct historical connection to each other, but both can be fit roughly inthe same classification. I heard that Japanese are born in Shintoism, but die as Buddhists. Cambodia is exactly the same. There may
be more similarities to be found, and I will continue exploring.
Student
Comments
Date: September 16
School Visit
Venue: Fukuoka Prefectural Jonan High School
Prof. Ang began his speech in front of
about 800 students by admitting this was thefirst time to speak in front of so many people.
He discussed his experiences, beginning with
French education in a homeland where thevestige of French colonial rule still remained,
then his recognition of the significance of learning about his own culture in his own language.
He appealed to the listening students torespect their own language and culture more.
In the Q&A session, he was asked what one
can do for the future, and replied “First, makeyourself better. Each person contributes to thestrength of the nation.” Student questions covered a broad range, from Cambodian andFrench culture to Japan and ethnology.

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Immortal Faith in People’s HeartInterviewer:Prof. ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki
Sophia Asia Center for Researchand Human Development
Ishizawa: There are many equivalent beliefs to Neak Ta in Japan,
with differences as well as similarities. Both Cambodia and Japan
share Asian culture based on rice cultivation. When and how, andalso on whose initiative does Neak Ta ceremony take place?
Ang: Since there is no Neak Ta priest, normally a respected seniorperson in the village is chosen. There is a sense of democracy
among the villagers and this person is chosen based on consensus
although there is no legal framework.
Ishizawa: So this senior or influential person does not conduct theritual as his full-time job?
Ang: That’s right. They are just ordinary people. In most cases,
there is no systematic election. Some of them have had a few yearsof training to be priests. They are respected.
Ishizawa: In villages, there are ‘acher’ (to conduct Buddhism
rites). What is the difference between them and those who lead
Neak Ta rituals?
Ang: In many cases, Neak Ta rites are carried out by the acher,too. But this is a result, not a reason. Because acher is respected in
the community, he is chosen.

Part 2Ishizawa: In this era of urbanization, how is Neak Ta regardedin cities?
Ang: Neak Ta can be conducted impromptu just like a jazzconcert. There is no liturgy. There is no sutra, and therefore nopriest is needed. I believe that this basic principle of Neak Ta hasreached out to the cities far beyond the rural areas.
Ishizawa: So they pray for their important needs which require
urgent attention, like for protection for cows, or for recovery
from sickness. My next question is whether Neak Ta waspersecuted by Khmer Rouge, or not?
Ang: The majority of Khmer Rouge soldiers were from rural
areas, and had faith in Neak Ta and also in Buddhism. But all
religious worship including Buddhism and Hinduism wasforbidden because of the political ideology. Religious act wasbanned. This situation lasted for a considerable time. However
Neak Ta has survived, because, I think, nothing can remove afaith which is in people’s hearts.

Traditional Khmer MusicFor this special occasion, traditional Khmer
musicians were invited to play traditionalmusic. There are several different types of
traditional Khmer music. ‘Pin Peat’ isinstrumental music played at Buddhist temples.
‘Phleng Arak’ is played during prayers to holy
spirits, ‘Phleng Kar ’ is for weddings, and‘Mahori’ is for everyday entertainment. Each
uses different musical instruments. At the
Public Forum, 18 pieces from different genres
were played.

VOICE

Ms. Iwashita Mari
(Higashi-ku, Fukuoka)

andMs. Noda Reiko(Chikushino City)“I’ve always been interested by Cambodia, andwent there five times when I was a student. Professor
Ang’s comments on culture in the farming villages
were very interesting. The music reminded me of theperformances I enjoyed over there, and was beautiful.”

I see the need to take pride in my own culture,
to treasure it and to make my thoughts heard.
I want to study in another nation for awhile, to better see and understand Japan.
Now I can see just how lucky I am,
though I never thought about it before. I
want to do what I can for tomorrow.

Cultural Salon

Date: September 17

Venue: Kyushu University

The Cultural Salon with Prof. Ang was held jointly with the regular meeting of the Japan Society for Southeast AsianStudies, attended by about ten researchers including Associate Prof. Sasagawa Hideo, of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
Prof. Ang pointed out the importance of relating tangible cultural artifacts such as ruins with intangible ones, such as thereligion and culture of the people in the region, stressing that the “true” history studied by historical researchers is incomplete without an investigation of local perceptions of the ruins and history. He
added that a mere comparison of modern ritual and related structures with past ruins from archeological, architectural or artistic viewpoints is insufficient, requiring researchers to also take current events in Cambodia into consideration. He introduced Neak Ta spirit worship, describing how rice cultivation and ceremony arelinked, then explained how the Pol Pot regime, urbanization and societal change areleading to its extinction.
Participants then discussed the perceptual differences between today’s Cambodian government agencies and local residents with regard to subjects including
ruins, cultural artifacts and tourism, and probed the future of rice cultivation, thevery root of cultural identity.

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Public Forum“East Asian Civilization Seenfrom Korean Literature”

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Prof. INABA Tsugio

Academic Prize 2011 laureate

CHO Dong-il
Republic of Korea / LiteraturePart 1

Lecture(Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University)

Panelist: Prof. ITO Abito

Date: September 17, 2011
Venue: Event Hall (B2F),ACROS Fukuoka
Participants: 220(Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University)

Panelist: Mr. MATSUBARA Takatoshi(Director, Research Center for Korean Studies, Kyushu University)‘Common Written Language’ and Mutual Understanding in East Asia

In 2005, my lifework, the six volumes of Hanguk Munhak tongsa (A Comprehensive History of Korean Literature) was completed. In this, I drew
distinction between “antiquity”, defined as the era of traditional literature, the “medieval” period, the era of Chinese literature, and modernity, theera of vernacular literature. My attempt was to find universal rules applicable to any country.
Chinese writing has been used in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Outside China, the script is generally called ‘kanbun’, which means Han
writing. In China, however, there are several terms such as “Han period language”, “Classical Chinese”, “Literary writing”, and “Later Han
language”. I suggest that such Chinese writing should be called ‘common written language’. Chinese is one of the four most widely used writing
system in the world, along with Latin, Arabic and Sanskrit. East Asian countries have formed a single cultural bloc, with Confucianism as acommon ideology and with the Chinese writing system for political and cultural communications. But literacy in this system required knowledge
and education. For ordinary people to communicate, a ‘common spoken language’ was necessary.
Although ‘written communication’ was made possible by efforts at state level to achieve unity in East Asia, ‘spoken communication’ developedin a natural way through individual interactions. In China and Korea, specialists were trained by the national governments; in Vietnam, Chinese
settlers were hired for negotiations with China; but in Japan, merchants played these roles. Merchants from Hakata travelled tirelessly around Asia,
learned many languages and ‘spoken communication’. Hakata was a center of this language, while Beijing was a center of ‘written communication’.
In Hanguk Munhak tongsa, all three types of literature - traditional, Chinese and vernacular literature - are studied on the same ground to
examine their interrelationship. However in many countries, traditions are often not included in proper literary history, and Chinese and vernacularliterature are not regarded as equal. For example, in Chinese literary history, Chinese literature is the only mainstream subject and vernacularliterature did not get much attention until recently.
If we think of China at the core of an East Asian cultural bloc, Korea and Vietnam can be said to be located in an intermediate zone, and Japanon the periphery. Literature in the ‘common written language’ was born in the center, and spread outwards. The further it went, the weaker its
influence grew, and the more conspicuous the influence of vernacular literature became.
In European thinking, East Asia tends to be seen as a single bloc, but in reality, the differences between individual countries in geographicalsize, historical perceptions and economic status have produced unfortunate discords. It is high time that they should establish a meaningful unity
which will transcend national boundaries. East Asians need to examine their own selves without depending on the partial views of Western scholars.
East Asian scholars writing about East Asian literary history should write first in Chinese script, and then put it into their native vocabulary. My
ultimate target is to write a comparative history of the East Asian civilization which would include philosophical, religious, art and folk history.

School Visit

Student
Comments

Date: September 16
Venue: Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School

Prof. Cho spoke on literature and art, describing how
he abandoned his dreams of becoming an artist to
instead study Korean literature at the university. “Research into Korean literature is severe, and demands unusual effort,” he warned, stressing that his profession is adifficult discipline. He also mentioned that as an amateur,
however, he still enjoys creating works of art, telling thestudents to enjoy the delights of free expression, without
being restricted by a classification of “profession.”
His talk was followed by a Q&A session. When asked
if he regretted not pursuing his goal of becoming an artist, he replied that he could paint as much as he liked
now, and had no regrets. He ended by advising students
to walk, see, and actively seek out new opportunities
even as high school students.

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I was surprised to hear his personal history until he received the prize. His talk has
made me think seriously about my future,and I’m glad I attended. His pictures strongly
showed East Asian cultural influence, andreminded me of how wonderful it is.
He said that he applies his experience inFrench literature and painting in Korean
literature as well, and continues to seek newchallenges. I want to seek out my own challenges, and make new discoveries myself.

Korea, Japan and an East Asian Circle
Inaba: Would you explain more about
Prof. Cho’s theory, Prof. Matsubara?
Matsubara: One important keyword in
Prof. Cho’s lecture is the ‘common
written language’, which here means
written Chinese. His suggestion is that
we could use this expression among
China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam whereclassical Chinese was commonly used in Professor MATSUBARA Takatoshi
the Middle Ages. The other keywords are ‘written communication’and ‘spoken communication’. The former refers to Chinese texts,
and Beijing was its center as this was the focus of diplomacy. The
latter, on the other hand, is what people spoke. The center of thistype of communication was Hakata where merchants gathered andbegan their voyage to Asia. In the 12th century, there was a
Chinatown for Song merchants in Hakata.
Ito: How peripheral, do you think, Japan was situated in yourdivision of Asia? I think that it must have been quite peripheral,and that Korea was much closer to the core than the intermediate
core. East Asian countries shared common languages such as
Chinese which enabled people to have systematic and logicaldiscussions. Communication between different regions created aworld with shared values. But Japanese had a different type ofcommunication which differed from this world of systematic logic.
Cho: Civilization emerged from the center in the ancient period,
but in the transition to the Medieval and then to the modern
period, it shifted outwards. In Europe, the core moved from Italy
to England. A new wave came which pushed the less advanced
forward and dragged the formerly
advanced backward. As historicalperiods develop and change, the pivot of
culture constantly shifts, and therefore it
is not possible to say definitely how far acertain country is from the center.
Ito: Are there distinctive ‘Korean’ and‘Japanese’ characteristics?
Cho: I think that Korean people have a
Professor ITO Abito
theoretical way of thinking, like theCultural Salon

Germans who are in the middle of Europe. Theoretical andsystematic thought is idiosyncrasy of the middle position.
Japanese have sensitive minds. I hope that these characteristic
strengths of Japan and Korea can be combined towards theformation of a single East Asia.
Inaba: What do you think about the decreasing ability to read
Chinese characters among young
Koreans?
Cho: Both the general public andacademics need to be able to use
Chinese script because there is a danger
that the meaning of words can change inthe translation process. This is anotherreason why it is important to establish
Professor INABA Tsugio
an East Asian academic community, andthereby a unified East Asia. While the
EU stands on an economic and political foundation, an ‘East
Asian Union’ would be built upon culture. In this process,scholarship should be the first priority, followed by art. I thinkthat Hakata, close to Pusan, has the potential to function as acenter of such a community.
Inaba: I hope that today’s public forum will encourage you all tothink further about Japan’s place in East Asia.

VOICE“The idea of a common written language surpassing national boundaries is wonderful. The historical background of each nation is unique, but I’m surethere are many parts that we
can all understand. I want toreread the handouts in detailand understand it better.”[from left] Ms. Hatae, Ms.
Osaki and Ms. Tsukazaki, all of
Fukuoka City

Date: September 16 Venue: Research Center for Korean Studies

About 15 researchers into Korean studies attended, including Prof. Inaba and Prof. Matsubara,
who also participated in the forum. The group actively exchanged opinions on the theme of “a 40-year
research life,” disclosing their experiences throughout their careers and realizations gained. They advised participating young researchers to emphasize the similarities, not the differences, and proposed
the establishment of an East Asia academic body, noting the adoption of Chinese characters for written communication throughout the East Asian region. Prof. Cho mentioned that his only escape fromresearch is climbing mountains near Seoul with his students, adding that looking down from the apex
gives him a unique perspective as a researcher studying cultural phenomena from the macro level.

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Public Forum“Conservation – The Hidden Path
for an Architect to be Creative”
Arts and Culture Prize 2011 laureate

Niels GUTSCHOW
Germany / Architecture

LectureDate: September 17, 2011
Venue: Event Hall (B2F),ACROS Fukuoka
Participants: 250

Praise the Great Legacy of the Craftsmanship

My father was an architect in Hamburg. In 1942, just after I was born, he was sketching a future for this city, withmagnificent buildings lining the streets. But just after this, the war destroyed the beautiful city, and 30,000 people died.
While growing up among the ruins, I witnessed the vulnerability of the built environment, and this experience madearchitecture a part of my life. I felt that buildings were destined to fall down. After the war, a new movement to explore our
future began. It aimed not only at preserving what has been left, but also at ‘recreating’ what has been lost. To make up forthe losses inflicted by history, we must recover and recreate what has been lost.
I studied architecture at university. In 1971, the turning point of my life came. I became a member of the Bilateral
German-Nepalese conservation project which aims to preserve and to restore the historical buildings in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur still have traces of mediaeval urban civilization. At the time of my first visit, in
Bhaktapur, many Hindu temples were still in ruins after the major earthquake of 1934. I stayed for six months, and became
fascinated by those temples. Since then for more than forty years, I have divided my time between Germany and Nepal, as
if having two homes.
As an earthquake-prone country, Nepal needs earthquake-resistant buildings. We made a foundation four meters
below the ground surface, and then assembled a steel frame, which is not visible from the upper part of the building. But
this turned out to be rather unpopular among the Nepalese. Traditionally, when a temple becomes old, it is simply replaced
by a new one, because it is an offering to gods, and therefore must be brand new. I had many discussions with the local
engineers over making use of modern engineering. Differences between Asian and European thinking became clear. But it
was the Nepalese craftsmen who knew what should be the best. Working with them day after day was the most fruitfultime of my life. Craftsmanship and local knowledge, which have been passed down through the generations, are more
important as a basis for conservation than what I was taught at university or what is written in the International Charters
for Conservation. Forty years of working in Nepal taught me the local religious rituals as well as establishing manyfriendships. I think that emotional involvement is as important as professional engagement. By getting involved
emotionally, many more things can be learnt.
When I studied architecture, I was taught that ‘Architecture is functional’. But functions differ in each culture. Take
windows as an example. Are they to be opened? Not necessarily. They can be symbolic, or expressive. It is important to be
free from preconceptions, and then to learn and understand diverse cultures.
Student
Comments
Date: September 16
School Visit
Venue: Fukuoka Futaba Junior and Senior High School
Prof. Gutschow entered to applause from about 1300
students and a welcome in German, launching the eventwith a friendly mood. Student MCs managed the event influent English and German. Prof. Gutschow described
how to traveled to Myanmar to become a monk after
graduating high school, worked as a miyadaikusan in Japan and more, emphasizing the important of knowing
more about the world and personal experience. He advised students to strive to enjoy a new world thoroughly,
and to seek encounters with new people. “Visit othercountries while you are young. I learned at a young age
not to resist other ways of doing things, but to embrace
them,” he explained. When asked what the most important thing about architecture is, he replied “Humility,
trustworthiness, and respecting other people, your profession, and gods.”

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I think it is important to see with your own
eyes, and actually touch, to have real experiences
and learn about others through conversation.
I think his approach of refusing to liveby the clock has made his life richer.
I really liked his advice not to impose
limits on yourself. I want to seek new ideas,
new lands, new environments.

Panel Discussion
Coordinator: Prof. FUJIHARA Keiyo(Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University)

Panelist: Prof. INABA Nobuko(Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Tsukuba University)

Panelist: Prof. HATANO Jun(Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Architecture, Nippon Institute of Technology)

What is Conservation for?

Prof. Gutschow’s View on Conservation

Hatano: I began working on royal buildings in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur
in 1978. The experience made me wantstrongly to be useful to local people, and in
1990, I started a conservation project for I
Baha Bahi, one of the Buddhist temples in
Patan. It was on the verge of collapse.
Professor HATANO Jun
Nevertheless it was used all day long: formorning prayers, as a school for children, and as a washing place
for women during the day, and for men to come and play chess inthe evening. For the first few years, I was just a guest. But as I
sweated away at work among the locals, I became one of them. I
used local materials and employed local techniques. We evenrediscovered long-forgotten techniques together. The building has
been successfully restored not only as a cultural asset but also as acenter of local life.

Impatience is a taboo in conservation. Whatever we do, itwould take time, and we must simply accept such a processwith patience. Maybe civil war will return in Afghanistan, but
we still must wait. It is not we, nor UNESCO, who should
decide, but the Afghan people. What we can do is to help themas facilitators, or with financial support. Our work should startat the smaller places like the surrounding cave temples, not necessarily at the Bamiyan Buddhas. By this way, local understanding can be gained. We must start with what we can.

Listen to the Local Voices
Inaba: I have been involved in the World Heritage as a committee
member of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO. I
would like to talk about Bamiyan in Afghanistan. It had prospered
as a Buddhist holy place. But in the Afghan War and the more than
20 years of chaos that followed, the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas
in 2001. One of the reasons why Bamiyan was designated as a
World Heritage site is ‘the tragedy in 2001’. Some argue that itshould be preserved as it is now, as a proof of ideological conflict.
Some locals do not want to be reminded of their sad history, andtherefore want it to be restored. Should it
be preserved in its present state, or
restored to its past glory? If it is to berestored, how far back into the past should
restoration work go? The most important
thing is what the locals want. Our role isto provide them with the necessary inforProfessor INABA Nobuko
mation.

Cultural Salon

Ending Remark by Prof. Fujihara
We conduct conservation projects not only for the sake ofcultural heritage, but in order to recreate the whole local society throughthe project. Prof. Gutschow says thatspecialists’ role is only a part of sucha process. It is crucial that we work
along with the local people and use
local techniques. Understanding ofwhat local people want and coordination towards achieving this are theProfessor FUJIHARA Keiyo
most important professional responsibilities.

“I wish his belief that conversationarchitecture is creative work would be
more widely appreciated,” Ms. Matsuno
Hitomi (Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City). “I was
fascinated by his discussion of how topreserve traditional architecture. It has tobe considered from both the perspectives of the residents and tourists,” Ms.
Takakura Takako (Hita City, Oita).

VOICE

Date: September 16
Venue: Fukuoka Akarenga Cultural Center

The Cultural Salon was held in a building that well represents Meiji-era architecture in Japan. Prof. Inaba Nobuko
and Prof. Hatano Jun, both participants in the Forum, joined about 30 architects, community development specialists, and students. Prof. Gutschow commented that he read many books by Japanese architects to reach his present
position, revealing that Japanese techniques such as oremagari (alternating turns) and sumikake (unparallel system)
had a great effect on him, and his perceptions of 2D and 3D space. He gave examples of how festivals and rituals
remain important parts of daily life in Nepal, adding “urban space derives from only a very small part of human activity,
developed naturally. The activities of natural life combine to create the unique cityscape or the region or nation. I think
as architects we must continually redefine the concept of culture, to enable us to evolve and create cities. It is thevery foundation to the question of just what preservation is.” Architecture is a key cultural asset both globally and historically, and discussion covered the World Heritage system and other issues relating to how to preserve it.
The exciting discussion continued after the end of the Salon event.

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Press Coverage and Other PR Activities
Following the announcement of the recipients in June, press conferences were held for each laure-

Announcement of the Laureates
The laureates for the Fukuoka
Prize 2011 were announced onJune 7. Fukuoka City Mayor Takashima Soichiro commented that
forums and exchange events for the
residents were planned for September, and he hoped many people
would participate in those events.
The three laureates were then announced by Mr. Kamata Michisada,
Chair of the Yokatopia Foundation.
Supplementary details on theselection process and award citations were then provided by Prof.
Arikawa Setsuo, President of Kyushu University, and Prof. Ishizawa
and Prof. Fujihara presented thehighlights and achievements of thelaureates’ work using slides.

Overseas Press ate overseas to promote the honor and the ceremony, with the assistance of involved foreign governments and Japanese embassies. Past laureates and local media participated actively.
Conferences
In addition to describing the significance of the Fukuoka Prize and the achievements of the laure-Media Coverage
Domestic 128
Overseas 51
Total
179

ates, overseas press conferences also introduced Fukuoka City, with extensive local media coverage.

(as of Dec. 20, 2011)

ANG Choulean
Laureate: ANG Choulean
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Date: Saturday, August 6
Venue: Embassy of Japan in Cambodia, etc.
Participants: 330
Distinguished guests:• H.R.H. Prince NORODOM Sirivudh• H.E. Mr. HIM Chhem (the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts in Cambodia)• H.E. Dr. BONG Sovath (Rector of Royal University of Fine Arts)• H.E. Mr. KUROKI Masafumi (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Cambodia)• Prof. ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki (Professor of Sophia University)※The commemorative speech was held at the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation
Center, within the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

CHO Dong-il
Laureate: CHO Dong-il
Location: Seoul, Korea
Date: Friday, July 15
Venue: Lotte Hotel Seoul
Participants: 50
Distinguished guests:

Announcement of the Laureates
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Venue: Nishitetsu Grand Hotel (Fukuoka City)
Presenters:TAKASHIMA Soichiro Mayor of Fukuoka City, Honorary Chair of the Fukuoka Prize Committee
KAMATA Michisada Chair of the Yokatopia Foundation, Chair of the Fukuoka Prize Committee
ARIKAWA Setsuo
President of Kyushu University, Chair of the Prize Jury
ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki Professor of Sophia University, Academic Prize Selection Committee member
FUJIHARA Keiyo
Professor of Kyushu University, Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee member• Prof. LEE Ki-Moon (9th Grand Prize laureate)• Mr. KIM Duk-soo (18th Arts and Culture Prize laureate)• Mr. SUZUKI Hiroshi (Director of Public Information and Cultural Center ofEmbassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea)

Niels GUTSCHOWLaureate: Niels GUTSCHOW
Location: Patan, Nepal
Date: Sunday, November 13
Venue: Mul Chowk, Patan Palace
Participants: 100
Distinguished guests:

Presentation of laureate achievements by Professor ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki andProfessor FUJIHARA Keiyo.

• Dr. Shaphalya AMATYA (Executive Director of Heritage Nepal)• Mr. Bishnu KARKI (Director General of Department of Archaeology of Nepal)• Prof. Ram Dayal RAKESH (15th Academic Prize laureate)• H.E. Mr. TAKAHASHI Kunio (Ambassador of Japan to Nepal)• Prof. FUJIHARA Keiyo (Professor of Kyushu University)※The award ceremony held in Fukuoka was also presented in the conference.

Announcement room with panel exhibition of laureate works.

Promotional Activity
A media press kit was prepared in both Japanese and English and distributed at press conferences in Japan and overseas.
Flyers were distributed to residents via the Information Plaza at Fukuoka
City Hall, and ward offices throughout the city, promoting the award ceremony and resident participation in forums, as well as being mailed to culturalorganizations and distributed at cultural events. Promotional posters were put
up at subway stations, universities, hotels and other key points throughout thecity, and newspaper announcements were also published.
Special coverage was also given in the Fukuoka City bulletin, television
programming and via pedestrian handouts, supported by digital signage andthe Asian Month Gallery on the first floor of Fukuoka City Hall.
The announcement, award ceremony and other events were also publicized through the Internet, on the Fukuoka Prize website and via e-mailnewsletters (Japanese only).

2011 flyer (double-sided)

2011 poster inside subway station

Digital signage

Asian Month Gallery (1st floor, Fukuoka City Hall)
WebsiteFukuoka Prize

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Academic Prize●

FEI Xiaotong●●(China/ Sociologist, Anthropologist) ●●Sociologist and anthropologist who analyzed
various aspects of Chinese society from traditional Chinese cultural perspectives

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Ungku A. AZIZ

Fourth(Malaysia/ Economist)

Economist who has achieved outstanding results in both the study of economics and its
practical application

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Special Commemorative Prize(China/ Writer) ●World famous contemporary Chinese novelist,
whose many works including “The Family” and“Cold Nights”, express his profound love of mankind

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KUROSAWA Akira

First(Japan/ Film Director) ●Creator of “Rashomon” whose many masterpieces captivated the world, winning an international reputation for Japanese cinema●●

Arts and Culture Prize●●BA Jin●1990

KAWAKITA Jiro
(Japan/ Scholar of Ethnogeography) ●Leading ethnogeographer, whose innovative“KJ Method” is based on his analysis of people
and ecology in Nepal and the Himalayas

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NAMJILYN Norovbanzad(Mongolia/ Vocalist) ●Celebrated Mongolian vocalist, who won famefor her eloquent expressiveness in singing
Mongolian traditional folk songs, “Urtyn duu”

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Joseph NEEDHAM(U. K./ Scholar of Chinese Science History) ●International authority on history of Chinese science, who entirely changed intellectual perceptions of non-European civilization●●●

Special Commemorative Prize

Grand Prize

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Kukrit PRAMOJ

M.C.Subhadradis DISKUL(Thailand/ Writer, Statesman) ●Prominent literally/ politician from Thailand who
once served as Prime Minister, and wrote many
great novels including “Four Dynasties”●

Authority on Thai art, archaeology and history,
who made an outstanding contribution to therevival of traditional Southeast Asian culture●

Pioneer of Southeast Asian regional studies inJapan, who made a notable contribution to international academic exchange

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ISHII Yoneo●●(Japan/ Scholar of Southeast Asian Studies) ●●●●Leading scholar in Southeast Asian studies, especially Thailand, who has made major contributions in the fields of history, religion and sociology

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Taufik ABDULLAH●●KOENTJARANINGRAT●●(Indonesia/ Anthropologist) ●●(Indonesia/ Historian, Social Scientist)

Innovative historian and sociologist who has
specialized in Islamic studies and Southeast
Asian regional history

Anthropologist who has made a significant
contribution to the establishment and development of anthropology in Indonesia

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NAKANE Chie
(Japan/ Social Anthropologist)●

Social anthropologist, whose extensive researchin different areas in Asia led her to formulate
groundbreaking theories on social structures●●●

Donald KEENEKARASHIMA Noboru●(U.S.A./ Scholar of Japanese Literature & Culture)(Japan/ Historian)●

Pioneer in the study of Japanese literature andan internationally recognized authority in thefield, as well as author of numerous books

Internationally recognized authority in Asian
historical studies and an expert in inscribedmaterials, specializing in the history and epigraphy of medieval South India

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Academic Prize

KIM Won-yong●(Republic of Korea/ Archaeologist) ●●Archaeologist, who established a coherent
framework for Korean archaeology and art history within the East Asian context

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Third

WANG Zhongshu(U.S.A./ Anthropologist) ●(China/ Archaeologist)

Anthropologist, whose research in Indonesia
established a wholly original anthropologicalmethodology for cross-cultural understanding

Archaeologist instrumental in developing archaeological studies in China, especially concerning the history of Sino-Japanese relations

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TAKEUCHI Minoru●(Japan/ Scholar of Chinese Studies)●

Leading Japanese scholar of Chinese studies,
who established vision of modern China encompassing social science, literature, ideology
and history

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PHAN Huy Le

Seventh(Vietnam/ Historian)Historian who has created an innovative andnon-ideological research approach for the social history of rural Vietnam

1996

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Arts and Culture Prize●●

Academic Prize

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Leading video artist, who has pioneered a newartistic genre which famously fuses technology
and art●●●(U.S.A./ Video Artist) ●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●●Nam June PAIK

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1995

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Scholar in the history and philosophy of education, who established a theoretical basis foreducational studies

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Grand Prize

HAHN Ki-un●

Academic Prize

Arts and Culture Prize●●

Academic Prize

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Leading performer and choreographer of
Bharata Natyam Indian classical dance. Also
active in education, including founding a dance
school● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●●(India/ Traditional Dancer)

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Arts and Culture Prize●

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Academic Prize●●

Leading historian in Asian studies, most famous for his exception work on Chinese identity

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Academic Prize

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Virtuoso sitar performer, whose sensitive andexpressive style influenced even the Beatles●

WANG Gungwu

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(Japan/ Social Scientist, Scholar of Asian Studies) ●●(Thailand/ Archaeologist, Art Historian) ●●YANO Toru●●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●Special Commemorative Prize

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Leandro V. LOCSIN(Philippines/ Architect) ●(Japan/ Scholar of International Relations) ●Architect who successfully established a modern architectural style in harmony with theSoutheast Asian climate and traditional Filipino
architecture

Scholar in the history of Chinese politics anddiplomacy, and in international relations, who
also served as a foreign policy advisor

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Nusrat Fateh Ali KHAN
(Pakistan/ Qawwali Singer) ●Distinguished Quwwali (Islamic mystic songs)
vocalist in Pakistan whose singing remains unsurpassed●●●● Deceased

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Grand Prize

Academic Prize●

CHHENG Phon
(Cambodia/ Dramatist, Artist)

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Dramatist who established a framework forpreserving traditional culture in Cambodia after
the devastating civil war

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EighthMuhammad YUNUS(India/ Historian)(Bangladesh/ Economist)

Historian whose empirical approach has established post-independence Indian historicalstudies within broader human history

Bangladeshi economist who founded theGrameen Bank to tackle poverty eradication by
micro-credit, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in
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Archaeologist whose emphasis on fieldwork
has transformed studies of the Silk Road,
China and the history of Sino-Japanese relations

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Thawan DUCHANEE●(Republic of Korea/ Film Director)(Thailand/ Painter)●

Cinematographer who has brilliantly presented
the hardships Korea has endured its modern
history

Thai painter who shocked the world with his
uniquely expressive work, showing the madness, decadence, violence, eros and death thatlie beneath the surface of modern humanity

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LEE Ki-Moon(Republic of Korea/ Linguist)

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International authority of Korean linguistics,
who has introduced a new comperative approach to Japanese and other Altaic languages

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Ninth

ZHANG Yimou(U.S.A./ Anthropologist)(China/ Film Director)

Anthropologist who has developed an original
interpretation on the basis of his studies ofThailand and Sri Lanka

Film director who has consistently presented
the hardship of modern Chinese life from viewpoint of farmers and ordinary people

1998

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Historian who has worked on state-formationin ancient Japan, examining this from an
Eastern Asian perspective

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Anthony REID

(Indonesia/ Dancer, Scholar of Dance(Australia/ Historian)

Leading Indonesian dancer who has worked
extensively as an academic in the arts, history
and literature, and also as creator ofdance/dramas

Eminent historian who has added a new dimension to Southeast Asian historiography byexamining the daily lives of the region’ s inhabitants

HOU Hsiao Hsien(Taiwan/ Film Director)

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World-renowned film director of masterpieces
such as “A City of Sadness,” combining objective realism with a love of Taiwan’s culture andpeople●●●●●OBAYASHI Taryo

HOKAMA Shuzen(Japan/ Ethnologist) ●(Japan/ Scholar of Okinawan Studies)

Eminent ethnologist who has used comparison
with other Asian countries as the basis for understanding of Japanese culture formation

Creator of Okinawan studies, who has remained at the forefront of research into the languages, literature and culture of Okinawa

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Historian and writer noted for his fresh and innovative views, who has rewritten much of
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TANG Da Wu

XU Bing●(Singapore/ Visual Artist)(China/ Artist)●

Modern artist whose originality of expression
has become a driving force in the developmentof creativity in Southeast Asian modern arts

Artist whose creative experiments in fusing Eastand West through innovative “fake Chinese characters” and the “new English calligraphy” haveraised the status of Asian contemporary arts

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(Indonesia/ Writer) ●●Novelist who has consistently tackled questionsof nationality and humanity throughout his work,
which include “This Earth of Mankind”

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Amjad Ali KHAN

(Myanmar/ Historian) ●(India/ Sarod Maestro)

Historian who presented an entirely new interpretation of the history of Myanmar (Burma)
through an empirical historical methodology

Maestro of sarod (classical Indian Stringed music instrument) who has disseminated Asianmusic with his credo, “Music transcends everything”

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Irish political scientist who has promoted comparative historical studies on the global level,
and established a new approach to nationalism
through the concept of “imagined communities”

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Asian pop artist who created an original styleof music by exploring his own identity as a native of multi-cultural Singapore

Academic Prize

LI Yining

15th(China/ Economist)

Economist who was one of the first to claim
the need for economic reform in China andwho explained the path to achieving this goal

2004

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Arts and Culture Prize(Ireland/ Scholar of Politics)●(Singapore/ Singer-songwriter)●

Benedict ANDERSON●

Dick LEE

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Arts and Culture Prize

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Leading historian who has specialized in thePhilippine revolution, the first anti-colonial andpro-independence struggle in Southeast Asia

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Academic Prize

Academic Prize●

Grand Prize

Academic Prize●●

Cartoonist who has exposed contradictions in
Malaysian society by his penetrating satires ofeveryday life●●

Grand Prize(Malaysia/ Cartoonist)●

Arts and Culture Prize

Arts and Culture Prize(Thailand/ Historian)

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Nidhi EOSEEWONG●

Arts and Culture Prize● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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Historian who has made an outstanding contribution to historical studies of colonial Sri Lanka
through a rigorously empirical approach

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Kingsley M. DE SILVA

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Academic Prize

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Grand Prize●

Leading film director in the Philippines, who
has conveyed the Asian spirit through her work
showing the joys and sorrows of ordinary
people●●(Japan/ Historian)●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●UEDA Masaaki●(Philippines/ Film Director)

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Arts and Culture Prize●

Grand Prize

Academic Prize

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Grand Prize

Economist who established “Hayami Development
Economics”, which incorporates community perspectives with those of the market and the state

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(Japan/ Economist)

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HAYAMI Yujiro●

Arts and Culture Prize

Arts and Culture Prize

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Hamzah Awang Amat

Ram Dayal RAKESH●(Malaysia/ Shadow Play Master) ●(Nepal/ Scholar of Folk Culture Studies)●

Dalang (master) of wayan kulit (shadow play),
the leading modern representative of traditional
Malaysian art

Foremost scholar of Nepalese folk culture
studies, who has also been involved in activities to ameliorate women’s status in Nepal

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Sembukuttiarachilage Roland SILVA(Sri Lanka/ Conservator)

Conservation expert for Sri Lankan historicalmonuments and sites, who has served as President of ICOMOS

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Academic Prize

IM Dong-kwon(Republic of Korea/ Folklorist)

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Pioneer in Korean folklore studies and authority
on East Asian folklore, who has fostered SinoJapanese-Korean academic exchanges

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Augustin BERQUE

16th

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(France/Scholar of Cultural Geography)

Eminent librarian and conservationist of ancient documents, who has archived great results in preserving and utilizing palm-leaf
manuscripts

Eminent cultural geographer establishing theunique academic concept, Écoumène, and his
empirical approach towards Japanese culture
has contributed greatly to understanding Japan

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Arts and Culture Prize●

Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG●(Laos/ Textile Researcher)●

Textile researcher whose studies of traditional
Lao textiles and awareness-raising activities
have helped to preserve traditional culture

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Tashi Norbu●(Japan/Composer) ●Pioneer in the performance of traditional Bhutanese music, and the first private citizen to become deeply involved in the preservation andtransmission of traditional culture

Renowned composer who has made a significant
contribution to globalizing Japanese music, andto international creative musical interchange●●

MO Yan(China/ Writer)

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Leading Chinese novelist, who has captured
the reality of cities and villages in China by his
own distinctive blend of realism and fantasy

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17th

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(Republic of Korea/Musician)Leading historian of Mongolian studies whose
outstanding studies of Mongol history, culture,religions and languages are globally recognized

Performer and composer of Kayagum, a Korean
traditional musical instrument, who has passed
the tradition to future generations and developed a progressive, modern form

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Historian who has focused on Asian networksof transport, migration and financial remittances, pioneering a regional historical vision

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James C. SCOTT●(Mongolia/ Historian)

Political scientist and anthropologist who has
successfully demonstrated the dynamic relationship between the dominant state and those
who resist this domination in Southeast Asia

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Arts and Culture Prize

Arts and Culture Prize●●(Japan/ Historian)Academic Prize●●

HAMASHITA Takeshi

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Academic Prize● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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Contemporary artist striving for fresh possibilities in artistic expression with his original methodology and the unique expression rooted in
Chinese tradition

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Academic Prize

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CAI Guo-Qiang●(Bhutan/ Traditional Musician)●Grand Prize

Arts and Culture Prize

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Leading Asian academic who illuminated the“Politics of the masses,” raising key issues
relevant to Asia and developing countries●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●●(India/Scholar of Political Science, History)

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20th

Partha CHATTERJEE●(Myanmar/ Librarian)● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●Arts and Culture Prize

Academic Prize

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MORI Kazuko●(Pakistan/ Culture Expert)(Japan/Scholar of Contemporary Chinese Studies)●

Authority on the preservation of indigenous culture and founder of “Lok Virsa” , who has explored Pakistani culture through scientific studies

Political scientist and Japan’s leading specialist incontemporary Chinese Studies who has greatly contributed to establishing the methodological framework
to provide a common foundation for Asian Studies●●●

ONG Keng Sen●●●(Singapore/ Theatre Director)●

Theatre director who has been a pioneer of theinternational frontier of art and created a lively
fusion, inspired by a contemporary sensibility,
between the Asian and Western traditions

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Academic Prize●

Ashis NANDY(India/ Social and Cultural Critic)

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Intellectual and activist whose penetratingsocial/ cultural criticism is based on his uniqueintegration of clinical psychology and sociology

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Srisakra VALLIBHOTAMA

18th

Fukuoka Prize Committee(Thailand/ Anthropologist, Archaeologist)

Anthropologist/archaeologist who presented
nted anew perspective of Thai history through exhausxhaustive field research and an interdisciplinary
ry approach

2007

Special Adviser

KONDO Seiichi

Commissioner for Cultural Affairs

Special Adviser

MURATA Naoki

Director-General, Public Diplomacy Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan●● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●Arts and Culture Prize●●

Arts and Culture Prize(Taiwan/ Sculptor)

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Master sculptor who combines the ability to
express the profundity of the Eastern spirituality with creative energy

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OGAWA Hiroshi

Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture

Honorary Chair

TAKASHIMA Soichiro

Mayor, Fukuoka City

KITA Etsuko

Member

SAITO Shuichi

President, The Japanese Red Cross
Kyushu International College of Nursing
Senior Managing Executive Office & General Manager,
Seibu (Fukuoka) Main Office, Nikkei Inc.

Member

SATO Yasunori

Vice President, NPO Fukuoka Recreation Association

KIM Duk-soo

Member

SHINDO Tsuneo

Special Advisor, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.

(Republic of Korea/ Traditional Performing Artist)

Chair, Yokatopia Foundation

MemberTAKIMOTO Toru

Director, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

TADA Akishige

Executive Counselor, The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd.

●JU MingSpecial Adviser

MemberAs of September, 2011

Chair

Traditional performing artist who created “Samulnori”, combining mastery of traditional musicwith cutting-edge experimentation

KAMATA Michisada

Vice Chair

ARIKAWA Setsuo

President, Kyushu University

MemberVice Chair

KAWABE Hiroyuki

Chairman,MemberTANAKA Koji

Senior Executive Advisor, Kyushu Railways Co., Ltd.

Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry

MemberTAMAKI Yoshitomo

Director, Kyushu Bureau of Transportation

Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council

MemberTSUKUDA Ryoji

Senior Adviser, The Bank of Fukuoka Ltd.

Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City

MemberNAGAO Tsuguo

Chairman, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.

Chief Executive,

MemberHASHIDA Koichi

President, Kyudenko Co., Ltd.

Accounting Management, Fukuoka City

Member

HARA Toshiro

Executive Director & General Manager of Fukuoka,

Fukuoka City

Member

HIRONAKA Yoshimichi

President, West Japan Head Office, The Yomiuri Shimbun

Honorary Advisor, Fukuoka Culture Federation

MemberMIZUKI Shiro

Chairman, First Committee, Fukuoka City Council

President, Fukuoka University

MemberMIYAKAWA Masaaki●●

Vice Chair
Vice Chair●

Grand Prize●●

Academic Prize

Auditour

MORI Hidetaka
YAMAZAKI Motoki
ISHIDA Yoshihisa●

Ann HUI(Hong Kong/ Film Director)

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One of the most outstanding film directors inHong Kong, active in a wide variety of genres.
A standard-bearer for female film directors in
Asia

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19th
Auditour(Sri Lanka/ Jurist)

Jurist who has made significant contributions
utionsto research in human rights and gender issues
ssues
in South Asia, and has devoted herself
elf toreforming higher education

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MemberMemberHONDA Masahiro

AOKI Shigeru
ETO Takuya

Seibu Head Office, The Mainichi Newspapers, Co., Ltd

President, Social Welfare Council,

General Director & Representative of Seibu Head Office,
The Asahi Shimbun Company

MemberEBII Etsuko

Vice Governor, Fukuoka PrefectureMemberENDO Masao

Director, Fukuoka Broadcasting Station,

MemberYAOSAKA Osamu

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)Member

YAMAMOTO Iwao

President, Kyushu Sangyo University

MemberGary Wayne BARKLEY

President, Seinan Gakuin University● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●Academic Prize●●

Arts and Culture Prize●

Shamsul Amri Baharuddin●(Malaysia/ Social Anthropologist)●

One of the leading social anthropologists inSoutheast Asia, who has been constantly at theforefront of ethnic/Malay studies in the region

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Farida Parveen

MemberOISHI Shuji

Vice Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council(Bangladesh/ Singer)

Member

OGAWA Hiroki

Chairman, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.

Chairman, Fukuoka City Board of Education

A prestigious singer who has contributed tor a i s in g t h e a r t i s t i c s t a t u s o f t r a di t i o n a l
Bangladeshi religious music, Baul song, and topromoting it internationally●25

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