Abstract

The purpose of this study is to inspect practically the actual conditions of the Kesen-carpenters in the Edo and the Meiji periods, from the viewpoints of their works, their techniques, their genealogies, their social backgrounds, and so on. In this paper, the Kesen-carpenters on the construction of houses were examined through the investigations on both the houses and the documentary records of the Edo and the Meiji periods in Rikuzen-Takada district.

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