加賀藩御大工頭への昇任に関する考察

摘要

加賀藩のお抱え大工には、上から御大工頭、御大工、御扶持方大工の職が定められていたことが知られており、加賀藩お抱え大工制度に関する先行研究には、櫻井敏雄・松岡利郎氏1）および田中徳英氏2）・3）等の研究がある。しかし、御大工頭昇任者のデータの整理や検討が十分に行われてきたとは言い難く、御大工頭への昇任の実態を捉え、昇任した大工の傾向を明らかにしようとする試みはなかった。%About the head of the employed carpenters at the Kaga-Han ('the HEAD'): 1. Except the introduction period and the busy period, the number of people of 'the HEAD' was fixed as 2 in the first half of the period or 3 in another half. 2. The Ohnishis and the Yasudas had succeeded to 'the HEAD' in first, and the one whose father was that was advantageous to promotion to that. 3. More than 40% of the carpenters promoted to 'the HEAD' were promoted in their fifties. And more than 30% of them could be promoted in their thirties and forties.