人間だれでも、少年期からの「出自」に関わるような空気感、その感覚があるだろうと思います。1952年生まれのわたしにとってのそういうものは戦後マンガ文化だった。
　手塚治虫という日本マンガ文化のなかでも特筆すべき存在が作家活動を始め、鉄腕アトムなどの時代を画するような作品群を世に送り出していた。そういった文化運動はこどもたちの熱狂的な支持を受けて、はじめは出版業界を大きく刺激させて、折からの戦後テレビ文化のメインコンテンツとしてのマンガ原作動画作品がこどもたちの心を鷲づかみにしていた。
　鳥獣戯画以来の日本社会としてのもっとも「オリジナル」と言えるような文化領域が大きく覚醒していったのだと思う。そうした社会の動きは多感で才能豊かな少年たちに無限の夢想を膨らませて、マンガ作家活動という表現手段に突き動かされていった。
　その「梁山泊」さながらの様相を呈していたのが「トキワ荘」という木造賃貸アパート。2020年２月に東京豊島区の公園敷地に復元再建され一般公開されている。以下、日経の紹介記事。
〜のべ11人の若手漫画家が入居、才能や感性を競い合う「梁山泊」
「トキワ荘」とは1952年12月に豊島区南長崎3丁目で棟上げ式を行ったアパートのこと。53年初め、雑誌「漫画少年」を発行していた学童社の編集者が手塚治虫さんを自分が住んでいた「トキワ荘」に入居するように勧めたのが最初のきっかけ。以来、学童社の雑誌に連載を持つ若手漫画家らを次々と入居させるようになり、やがて同世代の有望な若手漫画家たちが共同生活を送りながら、互いに刺激を与え合い、才能、感性、作画の技術などを切磋琢磨（せっさたくま）する梁山泊（りょうざんぱく）のような場所になってゆく。〜
　ちょうどコロナ禍の最中だったので、こうした情報には縁遠い日々を送っていたのだけれど、最近、こうした情報を掘り起こしたので、東京への出張の合間を縫って訪問してみた次第。
　明治維新期には日本は西欧から多くの「文化」を導入し、それを咀嚼していった。いわゆる「文学」というものも、夏目漱石のような人物を「羅針盤」役にして旺盛に創造活動に邁進していったのだと思う。しかし、この明治期の導入にはマンガ文化はなかったのだと思う。マンガはいわば日本人の心性に深く根ざしたオリジナリティの高い文化なのだと思う。
　現代に至って、世界は日本のマンガ文化に驚愕し、その影響力は世界化しつつある。
　そして建築としても、その空間性で戦後マンガ文化を激しく揺籃したこの賃貸住宅の空気感というものは、論を避けては通れないのではないだろうか。
　建築空間探訪にここまで「ワクワク」したのは、まことに久しぶりだった・・・。

English version⬇

The Historical Culture of Postwar Manga and the “Tokiwaso” Space
The great revolution of postwar Japanese manga began with Osamu Tezuka. This is a space where the hearts and minds of the young “artists” who took on this exciting cultural field are vibrantly alive. The “Tokiwaso” space…

For me, born in 1952, it was the postwar manga culture.
　Tezuka Osamu, a prominent figure in Japanese manga culture, began his career as a cartoonist, producing such era-defining works as Astro Boy. This cultural movement was enthusiastically supported by children, which at first greatly stimulated the publishing industry, and later, as the main content of postwar TV culture, animated works based on manga captured the hearts and minds of children.
　I believe that the most “original” cultural area of Japanese society since the Birds and Beasts caricatures was greatly awakened. Such social movements inspired impressionable and talented boys to dream endlessly, and they were motivated by the expressive means of manga artist activities.
　In February 2020, a wooden apartment called “Tokiwaso” was restored and reconstructed on a park site in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and is now open to the public. The following is an introductory article from Nikkei.
〜11 young manga artists move in to “Ryozanbaku,” competing with each other in terms of talent and sensitivity
Tokiwaso” refers to an apartment building in Minami-Nagasaki 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, where a building-raising ceremony was held in December 1952, when an editor of Gakudosha, a publisher of “Manga Shonen” magazine, invited Osamu Tezuka to move into his own “Tokiwaso. Since then, young manga artists who had published serials in Gakudosha’s magazines began to move in one after another, and eventually Tokiwaso became a kind of Ryozanpaku where promising young manga artists of the same generation lived together, stimulating each other and engaging in friendly competition to improve their talent, sensibility, and drawing techniques. 〜The first time I saw the film, I was in the middle of the Corona disaster.
　I was in the midst of the Corona disaster, so I had not been privy to this kind of information, but recently I dug up this information and took time out of my business trip to Tokyo to pay a visit.
　During the Meiji Restoration, Japan introduced a lot of “culture” from the West and digested it. Literature, as we call it, was also vigorously created with figures such as Soseki Natsume as a “compass”. However, I do not think that manga culture was introduced during the Meiji period. Manga, so to speak, is a highly original culture deeply rooted in the Japanese mind.
　Today, the world is astonished by the Japanese manga culture, and its influence is becoming global.
　And as for architecture, we cannot avoid discussing the atmosphere of this rental house, which has been the cradle of postwar manga culture with its spatiality.
　It has been a long time since I have been so “excited” to visit an architectural space….

Posted on 4月 5th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　これからのライフスタイルを考えて見て、より自由度の高い生き方を考えておりまして、そうすると自分的には「複数拠点生活」というのにどうも惹かれている。
　現在の住居は事務所兼用住宅として33年前に建てて、いまもその初期の目的のままに利用してきている。いまは関連し合う２つの会社の事務所が共存もしている。その実態はなにも変わらないのですが、コロナ禍以降、急速に進んだテレワークもあって、まぁほどよい程度の「人口密度」で推移しているので過ごしやすい。
　しかし札幌市内でもう１箇所、維持管理の必要な住宅がある。
　札幌は例の札幌ドームからの日ハム球団の撤退、北広島への球場移転、さらに世界的な製造業産業の安全国移転、中国からの総撤退という趨勢のなかで千歳・恵庭地域への半導体産業の集中という事象が発生して、札幌と千歳恵庭地域との交通量の増大・市街地の活性化が見込まれている。この住宅はちょうどその地域の中心的な立地にある。
　このあたりはビジネス的な「勘」の部分でしょうが、これからの北海道の活性化地域はこっちの方になっていくという直感。
　ということで、これからのことを考えて、しておけることをしたいということで、一生懸命、使いやすいように断捨離を行っているのであります。義母の死以降、なかなか手を付けられていなかったことなんですが、新会社の第２事務所使い、一部宿泊も利用して、自宅とともに２拠点居住的に使いたいと考えている次第。
　同じ札幌ではありますが、やはり立地の違いというのは大きいし、土地面積も比較的に広めなので環境的にも建築的にもいろいろな計画が面白く想像できるのですね。
　きっと自分の「数寄」のなかでこういう部分は根深く存在しているように思う。だから住宅雑誌を作ってきたのでしょうね（笑）。しかしこっちの家も建ててから20年以上だと思うので、やはりあちこち、改善したいポイントは出てくる出てくる。コスパを見合わせながら、最適な利用形態を考えて行くのは、楽しいのですね。
　いまのところ、プロセスなので写真は発表しません（笑）。そのうちに建築的な造作変更も大工さんにお願いするので、その工事段階で公開ということで、いまは東京広尾の大好きな「山種美術館」の壁装タイル画で。このタイル画、わたしのいちばん好きな絵の中のひとつです。

English version⬇

The house decluttering continues, no matter where you go.
In search of a more free way of life, I’ve been on a big wheel, abandoning the house where I live in a two-location house. Can I gain freedom like the birds in this favorite tile painting at the Yamatane Museum of Art? …

I have been thinking and looking at my future lifestyle and considering a more flexible way of living, and in doing so, I have been attracted to the idea of “living in multiple locations” for myself.
　My current residence was built 33 years ago as an office/residence, and I have been using it for its original purpose. Today, offices of two related companies coexist in the house. The reality of the situation has not changed, but the “population density” has remained at a moderate level due to the rapid progress of telework since the Corona disaster, so it is easy to spend time here.
　However, there is one more residential area in Sapporo that needs to be maintained.
　Sapporo is expected to see an increase in traffic and urban revitalization between Sapporo and the Chitose-Eniwa area due to the withdrawal of the Nichi-Ham baseball team from the Sapporo Dome, the relocation of the stadium to Kitahiroshima, and the concentration of the semiconductor industry in the Chitose-Eniwa area amid the trend of global manufacturing industry relocation to safe countries and total withdrawal of all manufacturing from China. This residence is located right in the center of the area.
　This is probably a business “gut” feeling, but I have a hunch that this is where Hokkaido’s revitalization area will be from now on.
　So, I am thinking about the future and want to do what I can, so I am doing my best to declutter the house to make it easier to use. I have not been able to do this since the death of my mother-in-law, but I would like to use the second office of the new company as a second location, and I would like to use it as a two-location residence with my home, including some overnight accommodations.
　Although we are in the same city of Sapporo, the difference in location is significant, and since the land area is comparatively large, I can imagine many interesting plans in terms of both the environment and architecture.
　I am sure that this part of my “sukiya” has deep roots. That must be why I have been making housing magazines (laughs). But it has been more than 20 years since this house was built, so there are still points here and there that I would like to improve. It is fun to think about the best way to use the house while considering the cost performance.
　For now, it is a process, so I won’t show pictures (laughs). I will soon ask a carpenter to make some architectural changes to the building, so I will show them to the public at that stage of construction. This tile painting is one of my favorite paintings.

Posted on 4月 3rd, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　札幌で戸建て住宅に住んでいると、冬の間はずっと除雪作業が欠かせない日課になる。年間積雪量が６m近くにもなる巨大都市という世界有数の特異な都市なので受忍し、どうせそうなら少しでも相互扶助精神で快適な冬を過ごせるようにして行きたいと考える都市住民であります。
　そうやって冬中の暮らしには独特の地域特性があるのですが、やはり「春を希求する」こころは北国人のこころの底流に常に流れている。３月中下旬にかけてようやく雪融けが進んできて、最後の「岩盤」化していた雪氷も、日々こつこつと「雪割り作業」を重ねてきて、昨日、最終的に全部が「雪割り」完了。
　ようやく片付けたという一服感は、日中の気温上昇とともに春の陽炎のように「消え去っていく」。この独特の忘却感というのが北国の春の真髄なのかも知れません。
　正面写真の道路側には若干の「割った岩盤雪の残滓」が残っていますが、これは春の陽射しにすべてお任せして、淡々と「北国の春」の実感を噛みしめています。
　ことしは本州以南地域でもサクラの開花が遅れていて、どうもこちら北海道札幌の雪割り雪融けにタイミングを合わせていただいたのかも知れませんね。ご同慶の至り。
　このように雪割り雪融けが完了してようやく北国人は、「ことしの花見はどうしようか」と考える。
　毎年道南の函館五稜郭や松前などに観桜するのが常でしたが、きのう、カミさんと話していてようやくその話題にたどりついたことを実感した。
　「さぁ、東京・関西などに往復しているとことしは海外からの旅行客が異常に増えているので、その時期のホテルコストも上昇しているかなぁ？」
　ただしその前に環境変化によるさまざまな「断捨離」作業があって、盛りだくさん（笑）。４月中旬までをメドに進めているカミさん実家の土地建物についての整理整頓作業。３−４年間放置していたので、再度自分たち家族で使いやすいようにするには、地ならし的な作業が山積しているのであります。
　しかし、開けない夜はないように、一歩一歩進めていけば、かならず整理整頓には決着がつく。
　わが家の敷地が覆われていた雪氷も、こんなふうに片付いていってくれる。そういうあたりは、気短か気味の人間でも、北国人としての忍耐力はそれなりにはある（笑）。このわが家外観のように春・夏・秋の季節は確実に訪れてきてくれることは、信じられると思いますね。

English version⬇

Spring in Sapporo, a northern city where snow breaks and melts
Spring has finally arrived in Sapporo, a unique city with an annual snowfall of 6 meters. The satisfaction of hard work. For the next few months, the season closest to heaven will cover Hokkaido.

If you live in a detached house in Sapporo, snow removal becomes an indispensable part of your daily routine throughout the winter. As one of the most unique cities in the world, Sapporo is a huge city with an annual snowfall of nearly 6 meters, and city residents are willing to accept this situation and make their winter comfortable through mutual aid as much as possible.
　The snow finally melted in the middle of March, and the last of the snow and ice, which had become a “bedrock,” was finally broken up yesterday after much “breaking up” day by day. Yesterday, all the snow was finally broken up.
　The feeling of having finally finished the work is fading away like a springtime sunflame as the daytime temperature rises. This unique sense of oblivion may be the essence of spring in the north.
　There are some “remnants of broken bedrock snow” on the road side in the front photo, but I leave all this to the spring sunshine, and am nonchalantly chewing on the feeling of “spring in the north.
　This year, the cherry blossoms have been late in blooming even in areas south of Honshu, and it seems that the timing may have been timed to coincide with the melting of the snow in Sapporo, Hokkaido. We are very happy to hear that.
　After the snowmaking and thawing is completed, people in northern Japan finally think, “What should I do for this year’s cherry blossom viewing?
　Every year I used to go to Hakodate Goryokaku or Matsumae in southern Hokkaido to see the cherry blossoms, but yesterday I realized that I had finally arrived at that topic when I was talking with my wife.
　She said, “Well, with the unusually large number of foreign tourists traveling back and forth to Tokyo, Kansai, etc. this year, I wonder if hotel costs are also rising at that time of year?”
　Before that, however, there is a lot of “decluttering” work to be done due to environmental changes (laugh), There is a lot of groundwork to be done to make it usable again.
　However, as there is not a night that goes by that we don’t open the door, if we proceed step by step, we will definitely be able to settle on a tidying up process.
　The snow and ice that used to cover our property will be cleared away like this. Even though I am a short-tempered person, I have a certain amount of patience as a northerner (laugh). I think you can believe that the seasons of spring, summer, and fall will surely come, just like the exterior of our house.

Posted on 4月 1st, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　さて１日、友人の葬儀の話題になりましたが、本日から中世の伊予松山城塞の話題に復帰。
　この湯築城は豊臣政権成立期に中央権力によって「地域権力」としては終焉した。家系としては同族とみなせる播州英賀の「三木氏」も同時期に織田政権の武将であった秀吉によって滅ぼされている。多くの「戦国大名」たちは滅亡したりしたわけだけれど、普通に考えればその当時の時代の「空気」を読んでいけば、生き延びていった武将達も多くいた。そういうなかで家系に連なる２つの家とも戦国大名としては滅亡したのにはどのような事情があったのかと、疑念も抱く。
　先行きに対しての洞察力に於いて敗北したことになる。現代世界でもたしかに政治的に見通しを誤るということはあるだろうけれど、ひとつ「時代の推移」についての直感力、情報収集力に於いて敗北したということは間違いがない。
　しかし英賀城三木氏については、いろいろ調査してきて、武家としては敗亡したしたけれど、その後支配者の秀吉にわびを入れたうえで同地域の民間素封家として延命し、江戸期には２地域の藩の経済を実質的に支配・運営する実態を維持してきている。江戸期の「大庄屋」階層というのはそういった出自の家も多いけれど、播州には「三木家住宅」という庄屋古民家が２軒あって、一般公開されてもいる。
　そのような「生き延び方」もあるワケだがさて伊予松山でどうだったか、今後の調査を進めたいと思っています。ただ一族からは「一遍上人」が出ていて、そういう意味では時宗開祖として、現代にまで生き延びてもいるのだと思う。
　有為転変、人間社会ではいっときの成功失敗だけでは論じられないのだと思う。
　さて絵柄は中世の「職人尽絵〜しょくにんづくしえ」の一部。１番目は大工職である「番匠師」。真ん中で立て烏帽子をかぶったのが棟梁。弟子達は手斧〜ちょうな〜を使って角材を削ったり墨付けなどをしている。後ろに立てかけた「絵図面」の建物を造作しているのだろう。その下は「鍛冶」折り烏帽子をかぶった親方がふいごをのぞきながら、かたわらでは金槌を振り下ろしている。

　一方こちらはサムライたちの命にかかわる「鎧」の制作者たち。「懸命」というコトバにはいのちがかかる、という意味合いが強いけれど、世界のコトバの中でここまで武人たちの内面がそのまま「共通語」になっているのはすごいと思う。その武人達のいのちを守るために、時代の最先端技術が結晶されていったに違いない。命を守ることに精根を尽くし、一方で戦闘するのにより自由度の高い武具であることという、この時代の要請にまっすぐに応えていったのだろう。
　伊予松山の湯築城ではこういった職人技が日々、繰り広げられていたのだろう。

English version⬇

Manufacturing Economy under the Ruling Clan in Iyo Matsuyama “Yuzuki Castle” – 3
The local powerful clans were in turmoil over their control of the area, and their rise and fall was repeated. The local clans were in turmoil over their control of the area, and the economy of manufacturing was booming. The…

Well, on the 1st, we talked about the funeral of a friend, but today we return to the topic of the medieval Iyo-Matsuyama castle fortress.
　This Yuzuki Castle was terminated as a “regional power” by the central power during the establishment of the Toyotomi administration. The Miki clan of Banshu Eiga, which can be regarded as a family lineage, was also destroyed by Hideyoshi, a general of the Oda administration, at the same time. Although many “warring feudal lords” perished, there were many generals who survived by reading the “atmosphere” of the time. In such a situation, I have my doubts as to what the circumstances were for the demise of two families in the family line as warring feudal lords.
　It means that they were defeated in terms of their insight into the future. In the modern world, there may be times when people make mistakes in their political outlook, but there is no doubt that they were defeated in their ability to intuit and gather information about the “transition of the times.
　However, my research on the Eiga Castle Miki clan has revealed that although they were defeated as a warrior clan, they later apologized to Hideyoshi, the ruler of the region, and lived on as a private family in the region, maintaining substantial control and management of the economy of the two domains in the Edo period. There are many families of the Edo period that belonged to the “daimyo-ya” class, and in Banshu there are two old village headman’s houses called “Miki Family Residences” that are open to the public.
　There are also such “ways of survival,” but I would like to continue my research to find out how it was done in Iyo Matsuyama. However, there was a “Priest Ippen” from one of the families, and in this sense, I think he has survived to the present day as the founder of the Jishu sect of Buddhism.
　I believe that human society cannot be discussed only in terms of temporary successes and failures.
　The first is a “bansho-shi,” a carpenter, wearing an erect raven hat in the middle. The first is a “banshoji,” a carpenter, and the one in the center, wearing a erect crow’s hat, is the master carpenter. His apprentices are using hatchets to sharpen and ink square timbers. They are probably working on the building on the “picture plane” behind them. Below them, a master craftsman in a blacksmith’s hat peers over a bellows, while a hammer is swinging down the blade.

On the other hand, this is the creators of “armor,” which is vital to the lives of the samurai. The word “hard” has a strong connotation of “life”, but it is amazing that the inner lives of the samurai have become the lingua franca among the languages of the world. The most advanced technology of the time must have been crystallized to protect the lives of these warriors. The most advanced technology of the time must have been crystallized to protect the lives of these warriors, who devoted their energies to protecting their lives, while at the same time meeting the demands of the time for more flexible weapons for combat.
　This kind of craftsmanship must have been practiced daily at the Yuzuki Castle in Iyo Matsuyama.
　

Posted on 3月 30th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　きのうの続編であります。伊予という地域は古来から日本の支配構造の中でも重要な地域とされてきた。律令制の地域区分でも、たとえば源平合戦期には源氏勢力の分断を狙った朝廷側は、最大の軍事功労者・義経に恩賞地として伊予を与えている。それまでの朝廷による武家コントロール法としては武家独自の恩賞システムの独走を許さず、いわば「楔を打ち込む」政治的意味合いがあったのでしょう。
　源氏軍という軍事独裁権力確立を目指していた頼朝としては、承服しがたかった。義経という頼朝として正式に「弟」と認めた一種の貴種に対して朝廷側として恩賞を与えることで「ゆさぶり」を掛けた。
　そういう虚々実々の駆け引きの道具として「伊予」の支配権はシンボル的な材料とされたワケだ。古代以来の朝廷の政権運営の中で、ひとつの大きな手駒だった事実。
　で、ながく地域有力豪族であった伊予河野家は、政戦の根拠地として道後温泉にほど近いこの地に築城したということになる。わたしたち夫婦も道後温泉のホテルに宿泊後、翌朝、こちらにレンタカーで松山市内中心部方向へと向かった次第です。クルマではほんの５分ほど。
　昨日記載したとおり、河野家は源平合戦期、屋島合戦で源氏方・義経に参陣してその平家追討で大いに功を立てた。その後鎌倉期には伊予国内で支配的な地位を占め続けた。
　湯築城発掘調査は合計で25万点にも上る土器類などが出土して、その繁栄ぶりが裏付けられているということですが、上に載せたのは「上級武家住宅」の復元と調査に基づく資料類。
　上の内部模型は武家達の談合の場面復元。そして城下の石手寺に遺されていた湯築城の城内絵図。そして発掘された礎石などからの「間取り図」論考の過程。
　現代の建築寸法基準からは一回り大きめの寸法で建てられた様子が伝わっている。上の間取り図では、北側を囲炉裏や台所・土間などの「生活空間」とした考え方。中央部に板の間・納戸を配置して、左側を最重要な「接客空間」としている。復元模型のジオラマ通りの空間。
　一方下の間取り図想定では、礎石の配置から中央部を最重要の接客「主室」としたもの。左側の空間は客人の家来や主人の家人などが控えている部屋と考えている。台所隣接の「草間」というのは土間と同様の機能だけれど、土の上に根太を敷き、その上に板を張った空間。
　目視的には６間×4.5間といった面積空間のように想像できる。約27坪ほどと考えられるけれど、先述したように寸法自体がやや「大ぶり」なので、30坪程度の平面面積が想像されます。武家住宅は農家住宅のように「生産手段」とは無縁な建築なのでより現代住宅と性質は似ているかも知れない。
　巨視的な背景情勢把握とあわせてこういった建築的把握が並行してくると、この時代の実相がよりわかりやすく、身近なものとして認識されてくる。日本中世の社会構造もみえてくる。

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Medieval Samurai Houses in Iyo Matsuyama “Yuzuki Castle”-2
The reality of the Kono family, which consolidated the ruling system in Iyo after the Kamakura period. The reconstruction of “society” based on illustrations and foundation stone layouts. The diorama’s floor plan prioritizes “hospitality”. The diorama’s floor plan prioritizes “hospitality”.

This is a sequel to yesterday’s article. The region of Iyo has been considered an important region in the Japanese ruling structure since ancient times. Even in the regional divisions of the Ritsuryo system, for example, during the Genpei wars, the Imperial Court, aiming to divide the power of the Minamoto clan, awarded Iyo to Yoshitsune, the man who had made the greatest military achievements, as a place of beneficence. As the Imperial Court’s method of controlling the warrior clans up to that time, it must have had a political meaning of “driving a wedge,” so to speak, by not allowing the warrior clans’ own system of bounties to run alone.
　Yoritomo, who was aiming to establish a military dictatorship called the Minamoto clan army, was reluctant to accept this. The Imperial Court was trying to “shake” Yoshitsune, who was officially recognized as a “younger brother” by Yoritomo, by giving him a bounty.
　The dominion over Iyo was used as a symbolic tool in such a game of deceit and deception. It is a fact that Iyo was one of the major pawns in the Imperial Court’s administration of the country since ancient times.
　The Iyo-Kono family, a powerful local clan for a long time, built a castle here, close to Dogo Hot Springs, as a base for their political battles. The next morning, after staying at a hotel in Dogo Onsen, my wife and I drove to the center of Matsuyama City in a rented car. It was only a five-minute drive.
　As I mentioned yesterday, the Kono family participated in the Battle of Yashima against the Minamoto clan’s Yoshitsune during the Genpei wars, and were very successful in their pursuit of the Heike clan. The Kono family continued to occupy a dominant position in Iyo during the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
　The Yuzuki Castle excavations have unearthed a total of 250,000 pieces of pottery and other artifacts that attest to the prosperity of the castle, and the above is a reconstruction of a “senior samurai residence” and materials based on the research.
　The model of the interior above is a reconstruction of a scene of a discussion among warriors. The model of the interior above is a reconstruction of a meeting between warriors. And the process of “floor plan” study based on excavated foundation stones and other materials.
　The floor plan shows that the building was built with dimensions that were one size larger than the modern building dimension standards. In the floor plan above, the north side is considered as “living space” with a sunken hearth, kitchen, and earthen floor. The left side is the most important “serving space” with an itanoma and a closet in the center. The space as shown in the diorama of the restored model.
　On the other hand, in the floor plan shown below, the center of the room is the most important “main room” for guests, based on the layout of the foundation stones. The space on the left is assumed to be the room where the guests’ retainers and the master’s household members are kept in reserve. The “Kusama” adjacent to the kitchen functions in the same way as an earthen floor, but it is a space where joists are laid on top of the earth and boards are placed on top of the joists.
　Visually, it appears to be a space of about 6 ken x 4.5 ken. The floor area is thought to be about 27 tsubo, but as mentioned earlier, the dimensions themselves are somewhat “large,” so a floor area of about 30 tsubo can be imagined. The samurai residences may be more similar in nature to modern residences, as they are not related to the “means of production” like farm residences.
　When we can understand the background situation from a macroscopic perspective, we can more easily understand the reality of this period and recognize it as something close at hand. The social structure of medieval Japan also comes into view.

Posted on 3月 28th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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