2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study on the History and regionality about wooden masonry method

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21760511
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Architectural history/design
Research Institution	Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Principal Investigator	KUROSAKA Takahiro 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 (70419901)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	木造 / 校倉造
Research Abstract	The mainstream of Japanese building construction is timber framework method. From ancient to modern, wooden masonry method has been present as a marginal of Japanese building construction. This study has investigated the technology and its positioning of the wooden masonry method in each period. It was confirmed technical variety in ancient times, and regionality of the Middle Ages to be connected in the early modern times. About complete history of the wooden masonry architecture, it is raised possibility.

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