A Value and the Application to the Architectural Design of the Traditioral Curve of Inflexion "Kara-hahu" after the Meiji era in Japan

Abstract

This study considers the process of a value and the application of the traditional curve of inflexion "Kara-hahu" to the architectural design after the Meiji era. First, the curve had a gentle slope in the Heian era and it was valued beautiful. After the Kamakura era it steepened. Afterwards it had a steep slope in the Momoyama to the Edo era and it was valued ugly. Next, the design of Kara-hahu was transformed from the recent time's Momoyama style in the early Taisho from the Meiji 30's, to the middle time's Kamakura after the Meiji 40's, toward the ancient time's Heian after the Taisho when the japanese "wafu" architecture had designed with the historical style in the heritages. Besides, the above was looking in architect's works particulary, the carpenters was known to design by the original value and the traditional method with the technical view.