ON THE CARPENTER GROUP OF THE KUMO SCHOOL

Abstract

The carpenter group of the Kumo school were analyzed on following:
1. The name of the Kumo school originates in the master carpenter who is named Hoji called a Kumo teacher in Kyoto.
2. The genealogy of the master carpenters of the Kumo school was made by Mokuzaemon YOKOTA of the six generations, Yasugoro MURAKAMI and Syuzou-Syoji YOSHIDA
3. The constituent member of the Kumo school had the scale of 20 carpenters in the Tenpo era, 29 ones in the Kaei era, 38 ones in the late Meiji era, 50 ones in the Taisho era and 24 ones in the late Showa era.