The purpose of this paper is to consider how the general contract of the Otaru Branch of the Bank of Japan had been concerned with the contract system in the second half of Meiji era and the first unification of the contract form in Japan in 1909. The first contract form was proposed by the Institute of Japanese Architects that the president was Kingo Tatsuno who was an architecture adviser on the Bank of Japan.
The material in this paper is derived mainly from the documents of a new building on the Otaru Branch.
I analyze the subject under three headings: (1)The list of the bid requirements and the bill of quantities; (2)The contract documents and provision of the general contract; (3)The contract price and temporary payment.
