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BOOK

Tama Migaki

Misaki a Ki / Cho

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Release Date February 28, 2013
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Catalog No.NEOBK-1459221
JAN/ISBN 9784344023390
Product Type BOOK
Label/DistributorGentosha
Pages 239

Books are basically written in Japanese except for bilingual books or ones indicated as not written only in Japanese.

Description

[Machine Translation] The Takahashi family is the sole bearer of the traditional village industry of "Tamashibori" (polishing balls). Tadami-Tsushikan Co., Ltd. undertakes everything from planning and design to installation and operation of Ferris wheels for commuters. The Furukawa generation boom was said to be driven by the excellence of people with the "Furukawa surname. The "Gami Chasing" work site, where "gami" (people who cause uneasiness and problems) are caught. A division of labor in which a single person continues to make only parts and never sees the finished product. In a town that has sunk to the bottom of the sea, a single man continues to protect the shopping district union. We" who will one day be lost and forgotten. And yet, the days of each person's modest life go on. Six jobs, six lives, recorded to be lost.

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*As it is a machine translation, the result may not provide an accurate description. Please use it only as a reference. *Not available within the China mainland region (谷歌翻译在中国大陆无法使用).

Description in Japanese

玉磨き / 三崎亜記/著

集落に伝わる伝統産業「玉磨き」の唯一の担い手である高橋家。通勤用観覧車の企画設計から設置運行までを請け負う只見通観株式会社。「古川姓」の人間の優秀さに牽引されているとされた、古川世代ブーム。不安や不調を呼び起こす「ガミ」を捕える「ガミ追い」の現場。ひたすら一人で部品だけを作り続け、完成形を見ることのない分業体制。水底に沈んだ町で、たった一人、商店街組合を守り続ける男。いつか失われ、忘れられる存在の「わたし」たち。それでも、それぞれの、ささやかな人生の日々は続く。失われるために記録される6つの仕事、6つの人生。

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