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- • How to take a look at Cosmology of KYOTO Overview...
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- 1. Copy "Cosmology of KYOTO Overview.sea" to your harddisk.
- Please check that the harddisk has 2~3 MB space available.
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- 2. Double click on "Cosmology of KYOTO Overview.sea".
- The file will expand automatically.
- The expanded original file will be approximately 2MB size.
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- 3. Finally, double clike on the file "Cosmology of KYOTO Overview" will start the
- overview demo.
- The self-running demonstration is about 3 minutes long.
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- System Requirements
- System 6.0.7 of later, System7.1 compatible
- PowerMac compatible
- Available memory(RAM) 2.5MB or more
- 13" color monitor or larger with 256 color support (or videocard)
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- • About Cosmology of KYOTO Startup Screen
- Most of the illustrations in Cosmology of KYOTO, such as characters, goblins,
- buildings, were handwritten, captured with scanners, painted into fullcolor image
- with Adobe Photoshop, and then finally animated with Macromedia Director with
- 256 color. Please enjoy some of the lively original sketches we have included as a
- file. (Illustrated by Yoshio Kiso/ Soft Edge, Inc.)
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- 1. The following three files are saved as Compact Pro 1.3.4 compressed files.
- Women/FullColor.cpt
- Nue/256Color.cpt
- Aka Oni/256Color.cpt ("Aka Oni" is "Red Demon")
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- 2. All those three flies will extract into a file under a same name: "Startup
- Screen", so if you are willing to extract all three files, you must choose
- differenct destination for all three files to save. (This is because you cannot
- keep multiple files with a same filename in a same folder.)
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- 3. Copy the extracted file into your System Folder. (One at a time)
- You will see the illustration everytime you start your Macintosh.
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- System Requirements
- System 6.0.7 or later, System7.1 compatible
- Power Mac compatible
- 4MB RAM or more
- 13'' color monitor or larger with 256 & Full color support videocard
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- • Cosmology of KYOTO Product Infomation
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- Development Background
- Conceived and produced by Soft Edge incorporated., Osaka, Japan.
- Supervision by Dr. Kazuhiko Komatsu, associate professor of anthropology at
- Osaka University,and author of several well-known books on the mentality of
- ancient Japan, including Oni gatsukkuta Kuni Nihon ( Japan the Handiwork of
- Ghosts and Demons )
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- System Requirements
- System 6.0.7 or later, System7.1 compatible
- Power Mac compatible
- QuickTime1.5 or later
- 4MB RAM or more
- 13'' color monitor or larger with 256 color support videocard
- CD-ROM drive ( dual speed model recommended )
- ( KanjiTalk or Japanese Language Kit are required for Japanese Mode )
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- Package Contents
- Cosmology of KYOTO software(Japanese/English bilingual) in CD-ROM disc
- Map with background information
- User's Guide
- Operation Guide
- (Notes to use under System 6.0.X)
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- Concept
- As the imperial capital of Japan for some 1000 years, Kyoto (original name:
- Heiankyo is the center-stage of classical Japanese culture and the cradle of the
- modern Japanese mind. Its founding in 794 inaugurated the Heian period, one of
- the most brilliant and intriguing eras in world history. Today the mentality and
- spirit of the ancient capital is increasingly recognized as a key to the
- comprehension of Japanese and East Asian civilization, throwing light on the
- roots of modern patterns and problems. Through the engaging medium of
- CD-ROM, Cosmology of Kyoto: Tales of the Heian Millennium brings the city to life
- as a zone of consciousness and a visual emblem of the past. Historical events
- are accurately recreated within the fascinating matrix of the Heian imagination,
- drawing on the era’s rich legacy of art and literature. An entertaining,
- interactive game format, combined with hundreds of authoritative text capsules,
- provides an educational tool of unique value.
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- Background
- A thousand years ago, during the 10th century, the brilliant, gorgeous lifestyle of
- the Heian aristocracy reached its full flowering. But in the shadows of daily
- life, goblins and demons ran rampant, and passions swirled around the curses of
- jealous poltergeists. Even the founding of the city, as the new capital for
- Emperor Kammu, was surrounded by mysterious tales of vengeful ghosts,
- resulting in an urban plan dotted with special measures for spiritual protection.
- From the beginning, the deeply superstitious nature of the Heian population set
- the stage for a wierd and wonderful drama enacted behind the scenes of history.
- Modern anthropologists have concluded that on the mental plane, Heiankyo was
- largely a territory of spirit and superstition. The city was enveloped by a space
- which conventional history has ignored, a darkness inhabited by demons, ghosts
- and apparitions.
- Cosmology of Kyoto zeroes in on Heiankyo from that backstage that history has
- cast aside. Numerous anecdotes and legends of the time (including material from
- The Tale of Genji, Tale of the Heike, Tales of Long Ago, and noh plays) are
- encountered onscreen as interactive events. Meanwhile, the game is shot through
- with the philosophy of popular Buddhism, especially the hell-and-paradise
- cosmology of the Pure Land school, which spreaded rapidly in Heian times and
- left an enduring influence on the mentality of Japan. Plunged into intimacy with
- an historical mindscape, the user realistically experiences the all-but-forgotten
- worldview of the ancient Japanese, and senses at first hand the cosmology at the
- heart of the universe which is Kyoto. This guided (but unpredicatable) mental
- tour of one of the world’s great cities allows the traveler to decipher deep
- layers of the past and present, by entering into a spirit-of-place which
- transcends time and space.
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- Cosmology of KYOTO : Tales of the Heian Millennium
- SRP $98.00
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- Published and distributed by Yano Electric Co., Ltd.
- 2-7-12 Ohtsuwa, Nishi-Ku, Kobe, Japan 651-21
- Tel: 81/78-974-2931 Fax: 81/78-974-4021
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- Contact in US
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- Tel and Fax : 415-928-7914
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- All rights reserved, copyrighted 1996, by Yano Electric Co., Ltd.