Abstract
This paper concerns the construction of Kyoto's townhouses of just after the great fire of the Temmei the 8th. From my investigations of the old documents written by a carpenter, the timbers were plain, the qualities of the construction were lowered in comparison with the ordinary times and the sterotyped Kyoto's machiya was probably established in the Kyoho period (1716〜36). Contents : Preface 1) the design composition 2) the timbers 3) the cost and the qualities 4) the time when the sterotyped Kyoto's machiya was established Summary
