Laying of cornerstone

Japanese: 定礎式 - ていそしき(英語表記)laying of cornerstone
Laying of cornerstone
In Western-style architecture, a cornerstone is a ceremony to commemorate the start of construction. It is said to have started as a religious or political ceremony at the start of construction in ancient Greece and Rome. Even in ancient times, offerings and memorials were enclosed underground, and J. Goethe's novel "Ein Affinisch" (1809) shows that such a custom continued. Today, the purpose of the cornerstone is to celebrate the start of construction by placing stones on the site that record the start of construction and other information so that they can be embedded in the building and preserved (→ Cornerstone).

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Japanese:
洋風建築で,工事の開始を記念して礎石 (柱下に据える石) を据える儀式。遠く,ギリシア・ローマ時代に,着工の際,宗教,政治上の儀式として行われたのが始りといわれる。古代においても奉献物や記念物を地中に封入することが行われたが,J.ゲーテの小説『親和力』 (1809) にもそうした慣習が続いていたことが示されている。現在では施工主などが,起工日その他を記録した石材などを,建造物へはめこんで保存するため,敷地に据え,工事の開始を祝うという趣旨のものとなっている (→コーナーストーン ) 。

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