Stone master carpenter

Japanese: 石方棟梁 - いしかたとうりょう
Stone master carpenter

...Other stone bridges such as Meganebashi (Nagasaki, 1634) and Tsujunbashi (Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, 1854), stone walls such as the Shizutani School stone wall (Bizen, 1701), religious buildings such as the stone torii gates of Nikko Toshogu Shrine (1618) and the pagoda of Kunozan Toshogu Shrine (Shizuoka, 1617), and stone-paved roads remaining in various places all display the high level of skill of stonemasons. The construction office of the Edo Shogunate, Sakujikata, placed stonemasons under the chief carpenter along with blacksmiths and metalworkers, and the leader of these was called the stonemason master carpenter, and was responsible for the creation of building foundations, stones for hearths, and kotatsu. Stone Walls [Nishi Kazuo]
[Europe]
Compared to the non-European world, the European world has a certain commonality in the landscape of stone architecture throughout the world, transcending the differences in style and era.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Sekikata Master Carpenter" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほか眼鏡橋(長崎市,1634),通潤橋(熊本県上益城郡,1854)などの石造橋,閑谷(しずたに)学校石塀(備前市,1701)などの石塀,日光東照宮石鳥居(1618)や久能山東照宮廟所宝塔(静岡市,1617)などの宗教建築物,および各地に残る石畳道などはいずれも石工の高い技術をよく示している。江戸幕府の建設担当役所である作事方(さくじかた)では,大棟梁のもとに鍛冶・錺(かざり)などとともに石方を配し,その指揮者は石方棟梁と呼ばれ,建物の基礎,竈(かまど)やこたつの石などの作製を担当した。石垣【西 和夫】
[ヨーロッパ]
 非ヨーロッパ世界と比べてみると,ヨーロッパ世界はその全域にわたり,時代による様式の違いをこえて石造建築が織りなす景観にある種の共通性がみられる。…

※「石方棟梁」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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