ON THE "YOROZU TATEMAE OBOECHO" OF HARA HIKOZAEMON, A MASTER CARPENTER : A Study on the carpenters in Kiso district from the late Edo to the Meiji periode, through historical documents preserved in Hara Family (1)

Abstract

The main subjects argued in this article are as follows. 1. Characteristics of the carpenters in Kiso in the Edo periode. 2. Contents of the "Yorozu Tatemae Oboecho", a sort of bullding list of all his life. 3. Regional extent of his working sites. 4. Contracts and wages (currency and rice). 5. Working days a year.