抄録
The present center of Tondabayashi city in Osaka prefecture is a "Jinai-cho", (town developed in the compound of a temple) planned about four hundred years ago. The old streets are regularly lined with houses and there remains a drainage system in good condition. Along this streets there remains many old private houses (what is called "Machiya"). The oldest one dates back to about the middle of 17th century. Here the process of architectural transition has been clearly shown by these extant examples from the middle of 17th century to the end of 19th century. The characteristics of thse private houses (Machiya) are, in spite of being in the town, very similar to those of farm houses near in this district, for example in point of construction method and planning. Judging from the old manuscript written in the beginning of 17th century, it is conjectured that Tondabayashi, at the beginning, was the town where farm houses gathered together. I think that Tondabayashi is one of the rare cases that we could make clear the process of architectural development of town houses (Machiya). In addition to that, there remains many ancient manuscripts since the middle ages.
