THE CHARACTERISTIC AND ORIGIN OF THE TECHNIQUES OF "ARAI" FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TOOLS
A study of the tools of "ARAI" in Japanese wooden architecture
2012 Volume 77 Issue 678 Pages 1949-1956
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2012 Volume 77 Issue 678 Pages 1949-1956
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristic and origin of the techniques of "ARAI" by analyzing the tools. "ARAI" is a traditional purification cortex technique in Japanese wooden architecture, using wooden buckets and brooms of straw. To confirm the characteristic of the technique, we investigated the names, the uses, the shapes, and the making methods of the tools. Moreover, we considered the origin of "ARAI" from the three viewpoints of acquisition, technique, and symbols of the tools. These viewpoints shed light on different characteristics of tools and lead three origin theories that "ARAI" derives from a farmer, a plasterer, or a ritual.
