A Comparative Study on the Transformation of Wooden Architecture in Medieval and Early Modern Japan and East Asia

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06113
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Tomohiro 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 主任研究員 (60534691)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 架構 / 中国 / 台湾 / 韓国 / 古建築 / 貫 / 枋 / 建築史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, from the perspective of East Asia, Toward the creation of the production system theory of wooden buildings, I conducted it as part of a research concept that comprehensively compares wooden architecture in East Asian countries and regions from the social, technical, and natural environmental aspects. I have collected and grasped basic information and articles on the structure of wooden buildings in China, Taiwan, and South Korea, which are the same period as Japan in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. By comparing and examining the transitions and correlations of each, the basis of the overall research concept was constructed from the technical aspect.
As an international study group, he presided over the East Asian Wooden Architecture History Study Group and shared the cutting-edge research results of each East Asian country.

Free Research Field

建築史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究においては、これまで日本建築史において語られてきた古代初頭、中世初頭、近世初頭の各時期における大陸・半島からの建築造営技術の導入について、日本・中国・韓国の新たな事例を踏まえ、検証をおこなった。その結果より、広範囲な時代における各国・各地域における同時並行的な様式、技術の変遷を見出した。東アジア建築史の基盤構築の端緒をつかむことができたといえる。