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The first purpose of this paper is to inspect the groups of regional carpenters in Dewa and the activities, through the investigations on both the architectures and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods. The second purpose of this paper is to inspect the actural condition of the groups of regional carpenters in Tohoku, through the comparison between the groups of regional carpenters in Dewa and the Kesen-carpenters. The contents of this paper are as follows. Introduction. 1. The groups of regional carpenters in Dewa and the backgrounds. 2. The activities of the groups of regional carpenters in Dewa. 3. The comparison between the groups of regional carpenters in Dewa and the Kesen-carpenters. Conclusion.