THE KESEN-CARPENTERS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES IN RIKUZEN-TAKADA DISTRICT : Through the investigations on both the houses and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to inspect practically the actual conditions of the Kesen-carpenters in the Edo and the Meiji periods, from the viewpoints of their works, their techniques, their genealogies, their social backgrounds, and so on. In this paper, the Kesen-carpenters on the construction of houses were examined through the investigations on both the houses and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods in Rikuzen-Takada district.