Abstract
This paper is the study on the custom of the disposition of Kasuga Shrine's obsolete buildings and the distribution of Kasuga style. The contents are follows ; Introduction Chapter 1 : The disposition of the Four Main Shrines and Wakamiya Shrine. Chapter 2 : The disposition of the Small Shrines. Chapter 3 : The price of obsolete buildings. Chapter 4 : The custom of the disposition and the method of the transportation of obsolete buildings. Conclusion The results are followi ; 1. During Japanese middle ages, it was the customary practice to use obsolete building materials of the Fourth Main Shrine for the shrine in Otzuki village (Tenri city in Nara), obsolete building materials of Enomoto Shrine for the shrine in branch temple of Kofuku temple and obsolete building materials of Kii Shrine for Tatzuichi Shrine (Daianji-cho in Nara). 2. Many obsolete buildings of the Four Main Shrines and the small shrines were used for local shrines in Kofuku-ji's and Kasuga's territories, ones in regions which Shinto priests had been living, ones which were intimately connected with Kasuga Shrine and branch shrines that there were out of the Kasuga's area. 3. I think that there is a direct relationship between the custom of reconstructing buildings at regular intervals and the fact that Kasuga's obsolete buildings were used for other shrines. 4. As a general rule, obsolete buildings were transported in sections after being torn down, but sometimes obsolete buildings were moved in tack to another place.
