ON ROLES AND ATTIRES OF CARPENTER LEADERS IN BUILDING CEREMONY

Also as the introduction of historical documents on Kobushin-kata carpenter leaders

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the historical importance of GISHIKI-YAKUWARI and JYOTO-NARABINI-CHONAHAJIME-SHIDAI, both of which are documents in late Edo era and illustrates how a building ceremony was held by top leaders of construction organizations. This sheds light on the nature of the papers by comparing them with the same kind of other documents. This study also investigates the roles and attires of the leaders written in the documents to reveal how the organizations of top carpenters were.