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	Fumiko Oi

Research Group
Cultural History and Geoscience Research Group
Degree
Masters (Human cultural studies)
Photograph Explanation
Explaining the traditional barrel bath (taken September 2007).

E-MAIL: fumiko_oi@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated from the University of Shiga Prefecture's School of Human Cultures in regional cultural studies, and then enrolled in a doctorate degree course at the same university. From September, 2007 I have been working at the Lake Biwa Museum.

Specialty

1. Research of everyday cultures as seen from people's houses and tools.
2. Research of documents and plans concerning the layout of houses.
3. Landscape restoration.

Key Words of Research

Barrel baths, houses, building plans, landscapes, Meiji era, Shiga Prefecture.

Professional Society Membership

The Folklore Society of Japan, the Society for MINGU of Japan, Forum Douguology, the Architectural Institute of Japan, the Society of Architectural Historians of Japan, and the Japan Society for Folk Architecture.