Abstract
The results will be reported here of the 1972-73 survey which was made on the transfiguration of the twenty-nine unfloored dwellings. There were nineteen of them in Uchimachi, Motosawa, Yamagata City, as of 1952, and the rest of them, ten houses, remained in Niida, the same city, as of 1965.
Four unfloored dwellings in Uchimachi have survived these twenty years, and four also have in Niida, but in both hamlets the earth-floored rooms were 'zashiki', drawing rooms. The advantage of the unfloored living is that of keeping warm in wintertime, which was certified by the author's observations.
It seems to be most strange that the remnants of the unfloored dwellings can still be seen in these areas where were not so remote from city, but the reasons might be explained in some or other ways. In the future the earth-floored dwellings will not be partially rebuilt, and they will cease to exist, because the whole old and worn-out houses are likely to be taken to pieces and be replaced by newly built ones.
