Rural Scenery Narrative and Field Experiences: From an Aspect of Kansei

Rural scenery is a byproduct of farmers’ efforts to obtain agricultural products through a combination of various types of work and adjustments to changes, both natural and social. Even recent developments of rural scenery are the result of the accumulation of farmers’ work experiences as reflected in the physical action of production which has created the rural scenery. Along with the development of the scenery is the development of rural scenery narratives. Apparently no studies, however, have given concern to the relationship between the farmers’ field experiences and their rural scenery narratives. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the scenery narratives of farmers differ according to the farmers’ different field experiences as caused by different farmland environments, and then to ABStRACt