THE RELATION BETWEEN THE SCALE OF THE FARM HOUSES (THE PLANNING FORM) AND HIERARCHY (THE FAMILY INSTITUTION) IN THE EDO PERIOD FROM THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS OF NIKKOU SHASAN

Abstract

The object of this paper is to consider the relation between the scale of the farm houses or the planning form and hierarchy or the family insutitution from the record with Ezucho. On the Kami-Kanai village in the Meiwa-ki (1764-1772) and Kami-Yokota or Yaita village in the Tenpo-ki (1830-1844), the scale of these farm houses was tended to enlarge with the increase of the Mochidaka. By the relation between hierarchy and the planning form, during from the Kyoho-ki (1716-1736) to the Tempo-ki, the type of Hiromagata was distributed from low level to high level. The type of Yomadori was found in the high level of the Kami-Yokota and Yaita village in the Tempo-ki. There is not any relations between the members of the family and the scale of the farm houses.