An ordinance abolishing the qualification system for
daikushiki (
tōku,
tōdai and
kodakumi) was promulgated to Ise-Jingū in the 15th year of the Tenshō era (1587). Nonetheless, Ise Jingū preserved this system. Our previous study concerned the first two categories of title while the present study features the category of
kodakumi, especially the careers of carpenters who retained the title of
kodakumi.
Kunugi is the Ise-Jingū carpenter whose professional activities can be traced to the earliest period. This family possessed the title of
kodakumi for Naikū since the 6th year of the Kanshou era (1465) (just before the beginning of the Ōnin War) up to the 2nd year of the Entoku era (1490). The family's activities are not known thereafter and before the 3rd year of Tenshō era (1575) in which a
shikinen sengū was performed. However, the family Kunugi is known to have resumed its activities from the 1570s up to around the middle of 17th century. Records exist for the activities as
kodakumi in the years of the Bummei era (late 15th century) of the families Ishimatsutayū, Kubokura and Nishikawara. The family Ishimatsutayū, in particular, is known to have regularly been engaged in professional activities from the 3rd year of the Bummei era (1471) until the first years of the Tenshō era. In the course of the Tenshō era, a cadet branch known as Ishimatsuyosaburō was created from the family Ishimatsutayū. The family Fukiage started its career in the 6th year of the Eiroku era (1563) for the
shikinen sengū of Gekū. The families Kawasaki, Urata, Okada and Tamukai started its career in the 3rd year of the Tenshō era (1575) for the
karidono sengū of Naikū. The family Iga started its career in the 13th year of the Tenshō era (1585) for the
shikinen sengū of the Shrine.
Nonetheless, following the promulgation in the 15th year of the Tenshō era (1587) of an ordinance abolishing the qualification of
daikushiki, Ise Jingū allowed these carpenter families to continue their careers. More than half of these families were replaced by new
kōshō families for the
shikinen sengū of Gekū in the 14th year of the Keichō era (1609) and in the 6th year of the Kan'ei era (1629).
Some of the carpenters of the families featured in our study had at least one
daikushiki title for Naikū and Gekū. In fact, Kunugi Mitsushige had two titles of
kodakumi for Naikū. Iga Morihisa had the title of
kodakumi for both Naikū and Gekū. Iwabuchi Hiroyuki had the title of
tōku for Gekū and that of
kodakumi for Naikū. Such carpenters really existed.
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