Issue Date

July 2025

Theme

"The Baroque Era and Japanese Genroku Era Culture" ─ Economic Sense and Literature of the Osaka People during the Financial Revolution in the Early Modern Period─ 

Table of Contents

Greetings
At the Turning Point of a New Era
Takemasa Ishihara
Board Member, Osaka Research Foundation for Regional Development 

In celebration of the publication
Osaka to “Testing Ground for Future Society ”
Shingo Torii
Chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

Special Interviews

I to Eye, solo show, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Chiharu Shiota
Contemporary Artist (Lives and works in Berlin)

Human Resource Development for the Future - A New Era of University-Industry Collaboration
Yuji Mikasa 

Co-Chairpersons, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives

Special Feature 1: The Baroque Era and　 Japanese Genroku Era Culture
Special Contribution : From the Baroque to the Post-Baroque
Yasuo Deguchi
Professor,The Department of Philosophy, Kyoto University

「Saikaku’s Sense of Genius」The famous Edo period author
Ken Kusunoki
Specially Appointed Professor, Hitotsubashi Business School

An aspect of the commercial city of Osaka as seen in Ukiyo-zoshi
Kazuhiro Sugimoto
Dean and Professor, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts 

The Bursitng of the Genroku Bubble : Debasement and Economic Collapse
Atsuko Suzuki
Assistant, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Osaka

column: Exploring the Origins of Osaka’s Development in the Genroku Era
Kennichi Osawa
Director,Osaka Museum of History

The report of Art Salon @ Teramachi − 4th Scene and Literature of the Uemachi Hills in the Early Modern Period
Foundation Secretariat 

Contributions
Challenge toward a Global Financial City Osaka
Kazuya Tada
Senior Executive Director of Global Financial City OSAKA 

Nakamozu Innovation Hub – Toward the Creation of an Innovative City, Sakai, Shaping the Future
Kazuhiro Motoya
Deputy Mayor Sakai City Government 

Former Sanadayama Army Cemetery Art Project: Where “Memory” and “History” Intersect
Santo Oshima
Chief Producer/ Curator, Arts Support Kansai

 Dialogue: ChatGPT/Theme: City and Urban metropolitan area
Shigeo Hirose
KATARAIZ Representative, Board Member of Osaka
Research Foundation for Regional Development 

Special Feature 2:The Univer sity City of the Future and the Kansai In novation East West Axis
Interview: Perspectives from an Urban Think Tank -Looking directly at Osaka Bay 300 years from now -
Takamasa Shigematsu
Vice president, Osaka Metropolitan University, School of Engineering Department of Urban Design and Engineering  

A university town on the east-west axis of Kansai
Yukihiro Kadono
Professor Emeritus of Kwansei Gakuin University Board Member, Osaka Research Foundation for Re gional Development

 Future Vision of Keihanna Science City and East-West Axis
Tomoaki Kawai
Standing Director,Keihanna Science City 

Future University Working 2024 Report
Foundation Secretariat 

Traditional Japanese Architecture and Craftsmanship 

Inheritance and Development of Osaka and Kansai’s Residential Culture hidden in “the Experimental Housing NEXT21” -Reorganization of Hadaka-gashi and Alley space in Wooden Row-house Districts -
Mitsuo Takada
Vice president of Kyoto Arts and Crafts Univer sity, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, Board Member of Osaka Research Foundation for Regional Development

Report on the Traditional Japanese Architecture and Crafts manship Study Group
Foundation Secretariat 

The report of event, UTSUWA3.0:SHIGUCHI an exhibition connectiong Japanese-German craftmanship
Foundation Secretariat 

Exhibit at EXPO2025 Connecting to the next step　UTSUWA Project
Rieko Uchida
Architecture Designing Room Morizo 

Shopping Town Study Group 

2024 Shopping Town Study Group Report
Rika Fujioka
Professor,Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo Board Member, Osaka Research Foundation for Re gional Development

Foundation’s Outline
Outline of he Federation, Publisher’s Secretariat Diary, Editor’s Note
Foundation Secretariat