Mononobe Tamekuni - Mononobe Tamekuni

Japanese: 物部為国 - もののべ・ためくに

Years of birth: unknown. An architectural carpenter from the mid-Kamakura period. He worked as a carpenter on the construction of the worship hall at Koyasan's Okuin in 1223, and on the repairs of Byodoin's Phoenix Hall in 1234 and 1235. He also worked as a carpenter on the construction of the Buddhist hall at Tofukuji Temple, which was founded by Kujo Michiie, in 1239. Judging from the existing Sanmon gate of the temple (rebuilt in 1405), it seems that the Daibutsu-yo technique was introduced to Tofukuji Temple, and for this reason Tamekuni is considered to be a direct descendant of Ise Gondayu Mononobe Tamesato, who worked under Chogen on the reconstruction of Todaiji Temple after the fire in 1180. It is interesting to note that Todaiji-related carpenters were involved in the spread of the new Daibutsu-yo technique. <References> Okawa Naomune, "Bansho"

(Yamagishi Tsunehito)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
鎌倉中期の建築工匠。貞応2(1223)年の高野山奥院拝殿造営,文暦1,2(1234,35)年の平等院鳳凰堂修理で大工を勤めている。さらに九条道家によって創建された東福寺では,延応1(1239)年上棟の仏殿の大工を勤めた。現存する同寺三門(1405年再建)から考えて,東福寺には大仏様の技法が導入されていたらしく,このことから為国は,重源のもとで治承4(1180)年の兵火後の東大寺再建工事に携わった伊勢権大夫物部為里の直系と考えられる。新技法である大仏様の普及に東大寺系の工匠の関与があったことを示していて興味深い。<参考文献>大河直躬『番匠』

(山岸常人)

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