Abstract
There were 149 carpenters in the Furuhashi party in 1779 and the number increased up to 353 persons in 1863. One of the causes of the increase in number was because the carpenter pupils grew larger. Another cause was found in that the number of Komori-pupils and sons working under their boss-was oditionally included in the number. The increase of construction work also influenced the number of carpenters. Most of the customers the Furuhashi party took orders were living in the same village or district where their carpenters under patronage dwelled. In 1855 the Furuhashi party carpenters worked for the reconstruction of Kyoto Imperial Palace together with other party carpenters from six different countries. In the case of Furuhashi party, the carpenters who were engaged in the reconstruction work were chosen by each Moyori and sent to work in turn. In each Moyori district, therefore, they seldom had any stopage or delay in their work.
