Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2433-0027
Print ISSN : 0387-1185
ISSN-L : 0387-1185
THE RELATION OF THE CARPENTERS TO THE ERECTION OF A FARM-HOUSE
MITSUGU KAWAKAMI
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1979 Volume 277 Pages 145-154

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In this article, I introjuce the documents for the application of work by a farmer and carpenter in Edo-period, and I declear as follow for the subject. 1) A scales of farm-house are limited by length of beam, when over the limited length, an erector and carpenter had to request a permission of the the governor through an application. 2) We know that a general tendency for the scale and plan of farm-house, and that this scale relate to the erector's abilities to pay the land-tax. 3) A carpenters lives in rural villages are a member of the carpenter's party and they have each the customer's place in same and near villages. There are the rules to aboid many troubles arounda customor's place in their party.
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