2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Restoration study of the construction process and buildings through "Zo-Ishiyamadera-syo documents" included in "Shosoin monjo" at Nara period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24656361
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Architectural history/design
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	KOIWA Masaki 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 助教 (20434285)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	建築史 / 建築生産史 / 建築技術史 / 日本古代史
Research Abstract	Through analysis of the historical documents "Zo-Ishiyamadera-syo (office of Ishiyamadera Temple Construction) documents" included in "Shosoin monjo" at Nara period, this research is aimed to clarify the construction process, planning, situation of labor, and the restoration of the temple. As the main part of the documents is communication record about the building materials between the construction site of Ishiyamadera and the timber forest at mountain, it is needed to understand as precisely as possible the information of building components, based on its verification work. In response to this, it performs the restoration of construction process of material supply, and also of the form of the Ishiyamadera Temple main hall, to take into account the size and quantity (such as long-press and pillar) Type of building components.