History of Japan Omi-Sakamoto no Machiya Former Okamoto Family Demolition Record / Mamoru Sudo / Masami Yokota

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Japanese history In March 2023, the Machiya located on the main street in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture was dismantled due to the influence of the widening of the road.
The Machiya was used from the Meiji to the present, and in the 1935 s, it was used as the Sakamoto branch office of the Shiga Bank.
Through the process of the demolition, the development and evolution of Machiya and the skills and tools of craftsmen were examined, and the tracks of the people who formed Machiya are followed.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Demolition of the Former Okamoto Family
1 Overview of the Former Okamoto Family
2 Manners of demolition
3 Procedures of demolition
4 Consideration for old wells and 便壺
Chapter 2 Elements that Make up the appearance of Machiya
1 Machinami in Omi-Sakamoto
2 Equipment and Parts that Make up the appearance of Machiya
3 Mud walls, plaster, Ben pattern
4 Gable roofs and pantiles
Chapter 3 Standardization of Architecture and Evolution of Machiya
1 Elements that established Machiya
2 Standardization of Architecture and Evolution of Machiya
3 Standardization of Building Materials and Fittings
4 Dissemination of Partitions and Fittings
5 Processing of Building Materials and Tools
Chapter 3 People who supported Machiya
2 Landscape created by Machiya
2 Precise craftsmanship
3 Japanese is a country of sculpture
1 Landscape created by Musashino
2 Works of craftsmen
3 From demolition to regeneration - taught by the way of living as a craftsman - Masami Yokota
Conclusion
Main reference materials
Author's brief history
Born in 1945 in Chiba Prefecture.
Graduate of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Sculpture, Musashino Fine Arts University.
Graduate of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Sculpture, Musashino Fine Arts University.
Machiya Nippon Kanko Ryukoku University